Head Cloth

29723

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29723
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Culture Area Andean
Locus From a mummy.
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

head cloth of a mummy made from four squares in brown; one red and white srtipe with fret pattern in red.

Four squares make up this "head cloth" with connecting seams. Red and white square is loom striped with a woven brocade design. Color(s): Four squares make up this textile (three brown, and one red and white striped ).

Length 68 cm
Width 67 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 734B - Field No SF

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