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Object Number
46-77-30/7698
Display Title
Headband, braided
Descriptions
Object Description
Headband composed of eleven narrow flat plaited strands of red camelid (2s-plied). Braid folded into hank and tied at ends and along its length at (46 cm.) intervals with red camelid cord. Other ties made by threading a single yarn through the center of each strand across width. At each end, tassel (11 cm., length) of two groups of red camelid yarns twisted together and knotted at end.
Inventory Description
Organic, fiber, braided, flat, red strands, bundled together
Classification
- Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Early Intermediate Period?
- Late Coast
- Nazca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms
Peru, South coast; Nazca Region
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 35 x 28 cm (13 3/4 x 11 in.)
Quantity
1
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-77-30/9582 | Headband?, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 38-28-30/4155 | Headband, plaited |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 46-77-30/7783 | Headband?, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 42-28-30/4512 | Headband?, braided, tapestry |
Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7776 | Headband or sling |
Fiber
|
Pisco?
| |
| 46-77-30/7702 | Fan, feathered |
Raw Material
Feather |
Nazca Province
| |
| 42-28-30/4496 | Headband, tapestry |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Vincha
| |
| 42-12-30/3353B | Headband, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/7685 | Headband, tapestry, braided |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/8954 | Headband? |
Ornament
|
Sayan
| |
| 38-28-30/4170 | Miniature sling? |
Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 46-77-30/7694 | Headband, wrapped, looped |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Paracas
|