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Object Number
42-28-30/4489
Display Title
Wig
Descriptions
Object Description
Twined cotton cap with attached hair & multi strands of 3-strand braid: Wig; cap of simple looping in thick mixed cotton yarn (z-2s). Attached along lower edge, 140 3-strand briads of dark brown human hair; braids held together at top by countered row of weft twining; this separately constructed fringe then stitched to cap at intervals w/cotton yarns (3z-2s). At top, row of twining imitates part, securing bundles of hair sticking out left, right. Below crown, hair inserted into looped structure in 3 rows at intervals; this cut short, doesnt conceal cap.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, cap, attached hair, multiple braid extensions
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Huari
- Tiahuanaco
- Middle horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms
Peru, South coast: Nasca Valley
Materials
Fiber, Hair
Dimensions
Overall: 23 x 82 cm (9 1/16 x 32 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Media Restricted
| 46-77-30/10698 | Wig |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material Shaft, modified |
South America
| |
| 42-12-30/3332 | Wig |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 41-52-30/2948 | Wig cap |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/10508 | Wig |
Organic
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/10799 | Woven fiber wig, woven fiber cap, braid extensions, wrapped colored ends |
Woven Fiber
|
South America
| |
| 38-28-30/4175 | Miniature sling |
Raw Material
Fiber |
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 46-77-30/10525 | Wig? |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Hacienda Humaya
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 46-77-30/10774 | Wig |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material Shaft, modified |
South America
| |
| 46-77-30/10523 | Wig |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Hacienda Humaya
| |
| 974-22-20/24155 | Woman's hair ornament. 2 ply red woolen strands, overcast at intervals with bla |
Ropes
|
Coban
| |
| 60-50-30/8199A | Wig, fragment |
Hair
Raw Material |
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/7701 | Fan, feather |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Nazca Province
|