Forehead Band
29558
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29558 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | from loosened soil |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Loose weave. White with ends white, brown and grey in stepped kelim arrangement but too loose for tapestry A long rectangular woven band. The catalogue card identifies it as a "forehead band". The ends are woven in a very loose "tapestry weave" and are separated into three tabs. The middle section is a plain weave. Color(s): Gray (blue?), brown, white and tan. |
| Length | 165 cm |
| Width | 24 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 431 - Field No SF |
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