Headband
29540
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29540 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | From the loosened soil. |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | One end of a forehead band. Soft cotton with tapestry end of two tabs; one with interlocking fret design. According to the catalogue card, this fragment is a part of a "forehead band". Divided into two types of weave: one half of the fragment is a plain weave in cotton and the other half is a tapestry weave with two tabs. The tapestry end has two different designs on the tabs (one is a zigzag interlocking fret design). Color(s): White, red, brown, and tan. |
| Length | 35 cm |
| Width | 14 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 189 - Field No SF |
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