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Wig cap
Object Number 41-52-30/2948
Display Title Wig cap
Descriptions
Object Description Cap of simple looping, interlock stitch, with bands of white, brown, dark brown cotton (z-2s). Attached along lower edge are approximately 120 three-strand braids of human hair. Bottom half of braids wrapped with bands of camelid yarns: red, green, blue, white, brown.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, brown striped cap, multiple human hair braids, wrapped
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late horizon
  • Inca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms South coast
Materials Fiber, Hair
Dimensions Overall: 94 x 24 cm (37 x 9 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1941)
Donor Donated by Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (1941)

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