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Object Number 42-28-30/4484
Display Title Headband, braided, embroidery
Descriptions
Object Description Headband - cross knit looping; geometric design: Headband; flat braid(?) of white cotton (N) covered with embroidery (cross-knit loop stitch). Designs are "s"'s and undulating lines (snakes?) in red, yellow, purple, blue-green camelid (z-2s).
Inventory Description Organic, fiber, needle work, band, multicolored, geometric designs
Classification
  • Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle Horizon?
  • Nazca?
  • Huari?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nasca Valley
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 1 cm (10 1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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