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Object Number 38-10-30/1713
Display Title Headband or sling
Descriptions
Object Description Headband or "ceremonial sling" (original catalog entry); center section brown llama fur, at one end square braid(?) (10 cm., length), at other round section covered with stem stitch embroidery (or weft wrapping) in hooked (bird heads?) design in yellow, white, black on red camelid ground. Long round braids of vegetal fiber extend at either side. "One end having a small loop for finger" (original catalog entry).
Inventory Description Organic, woven headband or sling, 1 end square braid, at other round section cov
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle Horizon?
  • Late Nazca?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms South coast
Materials Fiber, Fur
Dimensions Overall: 101 x 5.9 x 1.5 cm (39 3/4 x 2 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-10-30/1713

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