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Object Number 42-28-30/4512
Display Title Headband?, braided, tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Headband - center tapestry, perhaps unfinished; round braid ends; bast fiber, probably maguay; red & black wool beginning of one side of braid: Headband or sling; central slit section has two pairs warps, bundles of unspun agave fiber, covered with weft-faced plainweave tan, brown agave fiber (s). At end the four warps merge to form square, then round braid. At other end red, black camelid, tan agave braided in chevron pattern (4 cm.), beyond this a round braid of agave only.
Inventory Description Organic, braided fiber sling, 4 strands wrapped fiber at center
Classification
  • Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Intermediate period
  • Late Nazca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nasca Valley
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 54.5 x 8 cm (21 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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Headband or sling, braided
42-28-30/4515 Headband or sling, braided
Fiber
Nazca Province
Headband or sling
42-28-30/4511 Headband or sling
Woven Fiber
Vincha
Headband or sling, braided
42-28-30/4514 Headband or sling, braided
Woven Fiber
Nazca Province
Headband, plaited
42-28-30/4517 Headband, plaited
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Nazca Province
Headband, braided
42-28-30/4516 Headband, braided
Fiber
Nazca Province
Headband or sling, woven, wrap
42-28-30/4522 Headband or sling, woven, wrap
Woven Fiber
Nazca Province
Headband or sling
42-12-30/3407 Headband or sling
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Peru
Headband or sling
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Fiber
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Headband or sling
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Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Peru
Sling
42-28-30/4518 Sling
Fiber
Vincha
Headband, tapestry, braided
46-77-30/7685 Headband, tapestry, braided
Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Nazca Province
Headband or sling
42-12-30/3405 Headband or sling
Woven Fiber
Peru