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Cap with "hair"
Cap with "hair"

Cap with "hair"

A.D. 500–800
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueWool simple looping (cap); twisted threads ("hair")
DimensionsHeight x width: 22 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. (56 x 21 cm)
Credit LineSamuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession number52.483
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenancePurchased by MFA from A. V. Harringer, 2124 South Beverly Glen, Los Angeles, California, May 15, 1952.
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about A.D. 300 (?)
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