Cap and human hair braids
A.D. 500–800 or later
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueWool and cotton cap: simple looping; Braids: oblique interlacing (plaiting), with wrapping at lower ends
Dimensions60 cm (23 5/8 in.) total length (cap: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); braids: 45 cm (17 11/16 in.))
Credit LineMary Woodman Fund
Accession number31.497
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Provenance1931, sold by Jules C. Harris, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 16, 1931)
AD 500-900
A.D. 0–200
A.D. 500–800
1476–1534
200 B.C.–A.D. 200
A.D. 50–100
20th century
A.D. 1000–1476
about A.D. 300 (?)
A.D. 1000–1476
0–A.D. 200
A.D. 500–1000 (?)