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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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