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Head tie with pendants

about A.D. 300 (?)
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueWool, double oblique intertwined sprang with cross looping (pendants); warp-faced double cloth (cord)
Dimensionsa (left): 26 x 18 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
b (right): 26.5 x 18 cm (10 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Cord: 653 x .4 cm (257 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession number30.248a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift of Edward Jackson Holmes to MFA, 1930
Bag
A.D. 1000–1476
Bag
1476–1534
Flattened band
A.D. 500–800
Loincloth end
A.D. 1000–1476
Cap and human hair braids
A.D. 500–800 or later
Sun Dog
Katherine Westphal
1994
Group shot: 16.30, 16.34, 16.39
A.D. 50–100
Conservation status: Before treatment; Group shot: 2004.155.1-2
Geoffrey Beene
1987
Woman's cape
Arnold Scaasi
Fall 1975