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Object Number
46-77-30/10799
Display Title
Woven fiber wig, woven fiber cap, braid extensions, wrapped colored ends
Descriptions
Object Description
Wig of alpaca and hair. Circular cap of looped white alpaca with one row of brown. Along the lower edge are attached about 100 3 stand braids of human hair about 60 cm long. They are extended another 24 cm. with brown vegetal fiber (?). Braids wrapped with wool yarn: red, pink, gold, yellow, black, green, band brown. Tassels of looped red yarns complete the braids.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, wig, woven fiber cap, braid extensions, wrapped colored en
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Intermediate period
- Late horizon
- Nazca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 95 x 25 cm (37 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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| 42-28-30/4489 | Wig |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
Media Restricted
| 46-77-30/10698 | Wig |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material Shaft, modified |
South America
| |
| 981-4-30/10579 | Wig |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Peru
| |
Media Restricted
| 46-77-30/10774 | Wig |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material Shaft, modified |
South America
| |
| 46-77-30/10523 | Wig |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Hacienda Humaya
| |
| 42-12-30/3332 | Wig |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/10699 | Organic, woven cap, brown, tan striped, braided extensions, wrapped red tassels |
Woven Fiber
|
South America
| |
| 41-53-50/5440 | Braided wig of imitation hair, made from palm tree fibre |
Wig
|
Liberia
| |
| 41-53-50/5439 | Braided wig of imitation hair, made from palm tree fibre |
Wig
|
Liberia
| |
| 41-52-30/2948 | Wig cap |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/10508 | Wig |
Organic
|
Peru
| |
| 60-50-30/8199A | Wig, fragment |
Hair
Raw Material |
Peru
|