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Object Number 46-77-30/7723
Display Title Headband, tubular double cloth
Descriptions
Object Description Headband with great variety of rectangular motifs: birds, smiling faces, serpents, crabs, geometric figures done in warp-faced plainweave with warp substitution. Warps camelid: two sets of red from ground color, one set each of black, white, yellow, blue-green, from design (all 2s-plied). Tubular weft brown camelid (2s-plied). At one end three braided cords end in red camelid tassels; other end torn.
Inventory Description Organic, woven headband, tubular double cloth, rectangular geometric motif, frin
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle horizon
  • Late Nazca
  • Huari
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / <County> / <City> / Lomas / Acari
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Acari; Rio Lomas Valley
Materials Camelid
Dimensions Overall: 276 x 1.8 cm (108 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
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