Headband

29563

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29563
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I (uncertain)
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton | Wool
Description

Plain weave with ends of double faced bobbin weave, red, yellow and black. Doubled lengthwise and bound with patterned braiding. Interlocking fret. 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 141 cm
Width 6 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1321 - Field No SF

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