Headband

29556

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29556
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Crudely woven of white (in part unspun) cotton with colored ends arranged in triangles.

Woven cloth that is widest at the ends and tapers in toward the center. The main portion of the design appears to be made from undyed cotton, parts of which are unspun. The ends of the cloth consists mostly of interlocking geometric motifs made with three different colors. There are spaces or slits between some of these design elements, make four distinct panels connected to the head cord and the main body of the band. The header cords were left long and not included in the measurement. Color(s): white, light brown, and dark brown.

Length 130 cm
Width 30 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1726 - Field No SF

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