Cap with human-hair braids

AD 500-900

Object PlaceMiddle Horizion, South Coast, Peru

Medium/TechniqueCamelid fiber, human hair, plant material; looping, oblique interlacing, wrapping

DimensionsHeight x width: 97 x 60.5 cm (38 3/16 x 23 13/16 in. )

Credit LineMorris and Louise Rosenthal Fund, John Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, Samuel Putnam Avery Fund, Arthur Mason Knapp Fund, Mary L. Smith Fund, and Susan Cornelia Warren Fund

Accession number1996.8

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ClassificationsCostumes

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ProvenanceBefore 1980, Carlota Mústiga (b. 1930 - d. 2018), Peru and Palm Beach, FL [see note]; by 1995, sold or consigned by Carlota Mústiga to Gail Martin Gallery, New York; 1996, sold by Gail Martin Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 24, 1996)

NOTE: At the time of acquisition, Gail Martin Gallery provided the MFA with a signed and notarized statement from Carlota Mústiga that the cap had been brought to the United States before 1980 with her family's household possessions.