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Object Number 46-77-30/7686A
Display Title Headband, tapestry, braided
Descriptions
Object Description Headband; thick center section (44 cm., length) tapestry on multiple warps with cross pattern in black, red, white, yellow camelid (2s-plied). Warps merge for narrower weft-faced plainweave sections with stripes of red and yellow, then warp-faced plainweave section of predominately dark brown with some thin white camelid warps, dark brown double weft. Warps divide and form two round braids (55 cm., length) then split into eight groups, each wrapped with red and yellow camelid before emerging as long plied fringe: dark brown/white, red/yellow.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, headband, multicolored central section, braided
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Nazca?
  • Late Coastal?
  • Late horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca Region
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 63 x 7 cm (24 13/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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