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Object Number 46-77-30/7710
Display Title Tassel
Descriptions
Object Description Tassel; three-strand braid of pink camelid (2s-plied) folded over and bound with cord to which feathers were attached. Below this the camelid forms a fat tassel. Vegetal fiber binding cord is braided together with white cotton for (10 cm.), then becomes replied cord (60 cm., length).
Inventory Description Organic, fiber, tassel, three-strand braid of pink thread, bound with feathers t
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Nazca
  • Early Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca Region
Dimensions Overall: 66 x 6.1 cm (26 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/7710

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Headdress ornament, feathered
46-77-30/7704 Headdress ornament, feathered
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Nazca Province
Fan, feather
46-77-30/7701 Fan, feather
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Nazca Province
Feathered ornament; approximately 90 three-strand braidsof red camelid  with attached white feathers
46-77-30/9210 Feathered ornament; approximately 90 three-strand braidsof red camelid with attached white feathers
Feather
La Capilla
Tassel
46-77-30/8949 Tassel
Fiber
Sayan
Fan?, feather
47-63-30/5781 Fan?, feather
Fiber
Peru
Fan, feather
46-77-30/8967 Fan, feather
Woven Fiber
Sayan
Fan, feather
46-77-30/7700 Fan, feather
Raw Material
Feather
Nazca Province
Fan?, feather
46-77-30/6465 Fan?, feather
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
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Applique face, fringed
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Woven Fiber
Huacho
Tassel, face
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Fiber
Peru
Fan, feather
47-63-30/5783 Fan, feather
Fiber
Peru
Fan, feather
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Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Peru