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)
A.D. 0–200
A.D. 1000–1476
1476–1534
200 B.C.–A.D. 200
0–A.D. 200
A.D. 50–100
A.D. 1000–1476
late 19th or early 20th century
about A.D. 300 (?)
A.D. 1000–1476
A.D. 500–1000 (?)
about 1885