Hair Net

29408

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield II

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29408
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield II
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Plant Fiber
Description

Found wrapped round a head. Fiber, trench cap form, added plait, leaf form design seeded squares, spacing squares dyed brown-black, probably by resist dye process.

Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897

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