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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
Label on object
46-77-30/7367
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-77-30/7359 | Headband, interlock tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Loma Huelo
| |
| 42-12-30/3519 | Band, interlock tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/7409 | Band, interlock tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 42-28-30/4486 | Border, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 02-4-10/57169 | Woven Headband |
Headband
|
New Mexico
| |
| 44-31-30/4287 | Band, slit tapestry |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Huacho
| |
| 48-37-30/7183 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho?
| |
| 42-28-30/4510 | Headband, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7687 | Headband, tapestry, braided |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Nazca Province
| |
| 42-12-30/3314 | Headband, slit tapestry, loop |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3316 | Band, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/7378 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
El Cemetario
|