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Headband
Headband

Headband

A.D. 500–1000 (?)
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueFiber oblique interlacing (tubular form)
Dimensions16 x 30.5 cm (6 5/16 x 12 in.)
Circumference: 61 cm (24 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number24.333
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceMFA purchase from Mr. Walter Wyman, 44 West 44th Street, New York, New York, June 5, 1924
Cap and human hair braids
A.D. 500–800 or later
Skirt
200 B.C.–A.D. 200
Group shot: 16.30, 16.34, 16.39
A.D. 50–100
Headband
20th century
Ornamental braid
0–A.D. 200
Bag
1476–1534
Head tie with pendants
about A.D. 300 (?)
Woman's skirt
20th century
Piece of brocade
16th–17th century