Hair Net

29409

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield II

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29409
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield II
Culture Area Andean
Locus Found wrapped round a head.
Section American
Materials Fiber
Description

Fibre, trench hat form, fisherman's knot, diagonal leaf design at plait of heavier fibre, spacing squares dyed brown-black, probably by resist dye processes.

Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897

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