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Object Number 42-28-30/4504
Display Title Headband, double cloth
Descriptions
Object Description Headband - tubular weave; cream and dark brown and rose; geometric design: Headband of warp-patterned doubleweave with repeated "x"-shaped motif in dark brown, olive, pink, orange(?) on tan camelid (z-2s, N). Design done with warp substitution; yarns not in use float inside tube, making it round, with diameter (1.2 cm.). Tubular weft: tan camelid, (N), 6 epcm. Tube joined into a circle to make headband.
Inventory Description Organic, woven headband, tubular double weave, geometric design
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Late Nazca
  • Late horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nasca Valley
Materials Camelid
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 14 x 1.1 cm (8 1/16 x 5 1/2 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 42-28-30/4504

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