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Peruvian Pre-Columbian

Headdress,

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Peruvian

Title

Headdress

Medium

wool; human hair

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wool,
  • human hair

Techniques

  • braiding,
  • braided,
  • knotting,
  • knotted

Dimensions

88.9 cm (35 inches) (length)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume Accessories

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

43.031

Projects & Publications

Publications

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A World of Costume and Textiles

September 22 - November 12, 1989

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Headdress with the accession number of 43.031. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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