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Object Number 46-77-30/7776
Display Title Headband or sling
Descriptions
Object Description Sling or headband. Eight-strand braid of white camelid (2z-plied) with slit (10 cm., length) down center. Weft-faced weave of dark brown camelid on paired yarns of the braid. Cord ends with tassels of 18 cords, white camelid one end, dark brown other, ending in balls of unspun yarn (4 cm., diameter).
Inventory Description Organic, fiber, sling, braided white cord, ends multiple brown, white fiber bund
Classification
  • Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Intermediate Period?
  • Paracas
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Pisco Province / Pisco?
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Paracas?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 40 x 4 cm (15 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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