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Object Number 41-52-30/3099
Display Title Headband, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Center section (45 cm.) has irregular cross motifs in white, blue, dark brown, red camelid slit tapestry on thick warps. Band continues as dark brown warp-faced plainweave, then each end divides into two dark brown braids, each ending in an elaborate tassel with wrapped red-yellow tops and bicolor replied yarns.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, sling, central section crosses, twisted fringe ends, red,
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Late Nasca
  • Late horizon
  • Ica
  • Inca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms South coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 56 x 31 cm (22 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1941)
Donor Donated by Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (1941)

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Nazca Province
Headband or sling, woven, wrap
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Headband, tapestry, braided
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Woven Fiber
Nazca Province
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Peru
Headband or sling, plainweave
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Woven Fiber
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