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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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Raw Material
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Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Nazca Province
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Fiber
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Fiber
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Fan, feather
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Woven Fiber
Sayan
Fan, feather
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Feather
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Fan?, feather
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Raw Material
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Woven Fiber
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Fan, feather
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