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Object Number
976-42-30/11435
Display Title
Human hair tied with cordage
Descriptions
Object Description
Human hair tied with cordage into several small strands - cordage mostly dissolved in washing
Inventory Description
Organic, hair, human?, fiber cordage.
Classification
- Hair
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Preceramic Cotton
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
/
Lima Province
/
Ancon
Additional Geographic Terms
Chillon Valley
Materials
Hair, Fiber, Human hair, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 23 x 8 x 1.2 cm (9 1/16 x 3 1/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
Michael Edward Moseley
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Hair
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Bat Cave
| |
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Media Restricted
| 26-53-70/D2688 | Necklace of hair cordage and cypria shells |
Shaft, modified
Necklace |
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
| 16-9-10/A3141 | 2 Small bundles of human hair tied together |
Hair
|
White Dog Cave
| |
| 15-11-10/A2181 | Pieces of thick cord of many strands, human hair |
Hair
|
Burial Cave
| |
| 16-9-10/A3139.3 | Bundle of human hair tied with yucca |
Hair
|
White Dog Cave
| |
|
| 16-9-10/A3139.2 | Bundle of human hair tied with yucca |
Hair
|
White Dog Cave
| |
|
| 16-9-10/A3139.1 | Bundle of human hair tied with yucca |
Hair
|
White Dog Cave
| |
| 29-5-10/A6427 | String, buffalo & human hair and fiber |
Hair
|
Site 13; Moccasin Cave
| |
| 20-5-10/A5141 | Bundle of human hair |
Hair
|
Cave 7
| |
| 15-11-10/A2183 | Sandal tie strings human hair |
Hair
|
Burial Cave
| |
| 975-5-10/52707B | Cordage (hair) |
Hair
Raw Material |
Cave site
| |
| 24-6-10/A6199 | Lock of hair bound with two-strand cedar cord |
Hair
|
Floating House Ruin
|