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Object Number 46-77-30/7694
Display Title Headband, wrapped, looped
Descriptions
Object Description Headband consisting of four thick warps wrapped with stepped fret design in red, pink, yellow, gold, black, brown. At center, warps divide into eight and band splits in to two parallel bands. Here are attached two birds (5 cm., length) formed from reeds(?) and covered with colored camelid in cross-knit looping. Birds are dark brown with red, yellow, beige markings. One has red camelid top knot. At either end of band, long four-strand round braids of vegetal fiber (z).
Inventory Description Organic, woven, headband, wrapped, looped, polychrome stepped fret design, forke
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Coast
  • Early Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Pisco Province / Paracas
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 153 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm (60 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/7694

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Woven Fiber
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Raw Material
Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
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Headband, tapestry, braided
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Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Nazca Province
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Woven Fiber
Peru
Headband, slit tapestry
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Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Nazca Province
Headband, slit tapestry
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Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Peru
Belt, double cloth
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Woven Fiber
Peru
Headband, tapestry, braided
46-77-30/7685 Headband, tapestry, braided
Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Nazca Province
Bag, warp-patterned
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Woven Fiber
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Fabric
Ica Region
Border, slit tapestry
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Woven Fiber
Sayan