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Object Number 46-77-30/7685
Display Title Headband, tapestry, braided
Descriptions
Object Description Headband; thick center section (39 cm., length) tapestry on multiple warps with cross pattern in dark brown, red, gold, white camelid (all 2s-plied). At each end warps merge for narrower weft-faced plainweave section with stripes of red and gold. Warp-faced plainweave section (46 x 4.5 cm.) dark brown with matching double weft. Warps tied off in two knots, then continue as two round braids, which subdivide into 8 groups, wrapped with red, gold camelid into long plied fringe of red/gold and dark brown/white.
Inventory Description Organic, woven headband, wrapped cross design, braided cords, fringed ends
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Nazca?
  • Late horizon
  • Late Coastal?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca Region
Materials Camelid
Dimensions Overall: 157 x 8.5 cm (61 13/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/7685

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Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
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Headband, plainweave, braid
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Woven Fiber
Nazca Province
Headband or sling, plainweave
46-77-30/7690A Headband or sling, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Nazca Province
Headband or sling, plainweave
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Woven Fiber
Raw Material
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