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Object Number 48-37-30/7188
Display Title Cap, double-weave, four-point
Descriptions
Object Description Band, cut into pieces and fashioned into a hat by mdern Peruvians; double cloth; stylixed face design; blackl; light brown and cream colored wool: Cap made from pieces of a band (4 cm., width) of warp-faced doubleweave. Design: spots and curls in dark brown and white camelid (z-2s) appeart to imitate leopard skin. Band edged in tan camelid. Two pieces of band seamed together lengthwise, encircle head. Tucks taken in corners for "points", two additional pieces stitched on for top. Weft: tubular, tan camelid, (z-2s).
Inventory Description Organic, cap, double-weave, four-pointed, spots and curls, dark brown and white
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Central Coast
  • Middle horizon
  • Late Horizon?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Coastal
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 15 x 14 x 8.5 cm (5 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-37-30/7188
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1947)

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