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Wig?
Object Number 46-77-30/11020
Display Title Wig?
Descriptions
Object Description Wig or headband; heavy foundation of brown and white camelid (llama, 2z-plied) knotted in "Peruhe Stitch". Long tufts of unspun llama hair caught in knots, covering the surface and hanging as long "hair"; some of the tufts are plied.
Inventory Description Organic, wig, llama hair, unspun, some tufts plied, base woven
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Camelid
Dimensions Overall: 37 x 36 cm (14 9/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/11020

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Wig?
46-77-30/11021 Wig?
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Peru
Wig
981-4-30/10579 Wig
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Peru
Wig
981-4-30/10578 Wig
Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Peru
Wig?
46-77-30/10548 Wig?
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Huacho
Media Restricted
 		46-77-30/10698 Wig
Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Shaft, modified
South America
Wig
46-77-30/10524 Wig
Raw Material
Hair
Hacienda Humaya
Media Restricted
 		46-77-30/10774 Wig
Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Shaft, modified
South America
Wig
42-12-30/3332 Wig
Woven Fiber
Peru
Headdress, feathered
46-77-30/10528 Headdress, feathered
Woven Fiber
Peru
Fringe
46-77-30/10675 Fringe
Fiber
South America
Fringe
09-43-30/76004 Fringe
Fiber
Atacama
Wig cap
41-52-30/2948 Wig cap
Woven Fiber
Nazca Province