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Object Number 981-4-30/10579
Display Title Wig
Descriptions
Object Description Wig: circular band of heavy looped llama yarn (s-2z) with long (30 cm.) tufts of red and yellow camelid hair caught in structure. Some tufts spun (s-2z) into thick braids, others loose.
Inventory Description Organic, woven wig, llama yarn,band with tufts of red and yellow, some braided
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Camelid
Dimensions Overall: 41 x 35 cm (16 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 981-4-30/10579

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Wig?
46-77-30/11020 Wig?
Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Peru
Wig?
46-77-30/11021 Wig?
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Peru
Media Restricted
46-77-30/10698 Wig
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Shaft, modified
South America
Wig?
46-77-30/10548 Wig?
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Huacho
Media Restricted
46-77-30/10774 Wig
Shaft, modified
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
South America
Wig
981-4-30/10578 Wig
Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Peru
Wig
42-12-30/3332 Wig
Woven Fiber
Peru
Woven fiber wig, woven fiber cap, braid extensions, wrapped colored ends
46-77-30/10799 Woven fiber wig, woven fiber cap, braid extensions, wrapped colored ends
Woven Fiber
South America
Bag
41-52-30/2942 Bag
Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Nazca Province
Wig
46-77-30/10524 Wig
Raw Material
Hair
Hacienda Humaya
Effigy, embroidered
46-77-30/8972 Effigy, embroidered
Woven Fiber
Sayan
Cord, furred
38-51-30/1693 Cord, furred
Fiber
Nazca Province