Headband

29562

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I (uncertain) | Gravefield III (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29562
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I (uncertain) | Gravefield III (uncertain)
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Brown cotton; plain sheer weave doubled with double-faced bobbin weave also doubled and finished with knitted binding in pattern. See 29876

Long narrow plain weave cotton band with woven patterned ends. The ends are woven in a double-sided bobbin weave with a knitted braided (?) edging. Catalogue card identifies it as a forehead band. Color(s): White plain weave, woven section is red, yellow, and black.

Length 224 cm
Width 6 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1319 - Field No SF

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