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Object Number 46-77-30/7696
Display Title Headband or sling, plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description Headband or sling; center section with slit, weft-faced plainweave in tan camelid on thick warps. Round edge with diamond design in red and tan camelid done with embroidery on heavy yarn stitched spirally into side. Beyond this, warps spiral wrapped with brown cotton yarn (2s-plied) which serves as foundation for embroidery; diamond design on white, black, tan on red camelid (all 2s-plied). Beyond this, long square braids of red camelid ending in tassels.
Inventory Description Organic, textile sling, multicolred design, diamonds, red string, frayed at ends
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Coast
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Late horizon
  • Nazca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca Region
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 81 x 12.5 cm (31 7/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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