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Object Number 46-77-30/7367
Display Title Headband, tapestry, looped
Descriptions
Object Description Cotton & wool tapestry - four fullfaced human figures on band: Headband with four design blocks, each containing frontal figure (turned on side) holding staff in each hand, wearing bifurcated headdress. Tapestry with single interlocked joins between warps. Warp and weft selvages covered with edge of cross-knit looping. Warp: white cotton, (2z-plied). Weft: camelid, ground color red, figures black, turquoise, green, tan, white, (2s-plied).
Inventory Description Organic, headband, tapestry, looped, red with polychrome human figures
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle horizon
  • Nazca
  • Tiwanaku
  • Late Huari
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province / Loma Huelo
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 15.5 x 15.5 x 9.5 cm (6 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
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