Headband

29895B

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29895B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Culture Area Andean
Locus Obtained at Lima
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Fragment. Dark red with small figure in green, yellow, dark and light brown and pink. Divided at ends. Knotted.

A fragment of a thin finely woven "headband" with a repeated animal figure design. The background color is dark red and the animals woven in red, green, and tan yarn. There are a few areas in the design where there is a slit between the adjoining colors. Color(s): red, green, tan, brown.

Length 22 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 628D - Field No SF

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