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Hat, pile, four-pointed
Hat, pile, four-pointed
Object Number 42-12-30/3638
Display Title Hat, pile, four-pointed
Descriptions
Object Description Cap encircled by a row of llamas: yellow and green alternating with blue and white, on red ground. Tapestry with single interlocking joins. Only one point present, a coiled cylinder of heavy cotton yarn, stem stitched with zigzag pattern in red and green camelid. Only a tiny fragment of the top remains of very fine tapestry, brown, white camelid (z-2s) on white cotton (z-2s) warps. Warp: red camelid, (4 z-2s), 7 epcm. Weft: camelid, (z-2s), 32 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven hat, fragmentary, pile, four-pointed, red ground with polychrome
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Inca
  • Late horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast?; South coast?
Materials Camelid
Dimensions Overall: 23.5 x 9.5 cm (9 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 42-12-30/3638
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1941-1942)
Donor Donated by Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (06/15/1942)
Donor Donated by Mr. Donald C. Scott (06/15/1942)

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