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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
- Nazca?
- Late Intermediate period
- 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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-77-30/7685 | Headband, tapestry, braided |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7687 | Headband, tapestry, braided |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7773 | Headband or sling |
Woven Fiber
|
Casa Vasquez
| |
| 42-28-30/4522 | Headband or sling, woven, wrap |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 42-28-30/4520 | Headband or sling, woven, wrap |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7690A | Headband or sling, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7690B | Headband, plainweave, braid |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 41-52-30/3096 | Headband or sling |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Nazca Province
| |
| 42-12-30/3397 | Headband or sling |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/7693 | Headband or sling, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7696 | Headband or sling, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7692 | Headband or sling, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
|