Cap (Headgear)
700-900 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Cap with a square crown of green woollen cloth. The sides are formed of woven woollen pile--blue, yellow, green, dark brown, red and white--worked in geometrical and conventional animal designs in rectangles. At the four corners of the crown the sides of the cap are pinched out. Two of the projections have tufts of woven pile, but these have been lost from the other two.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Wool; hand-woven |
| Brief description | woollen pile weave, pre 1533, Peruvian; Squares with stylised animals, tufted, Wari style |
| Physical description | Cap with a square crown of green woollen cloth. The sides are formed of woven woollen pile--blue, yellow, green, dark brown, red and white--worked in geometrical and conventional animal designs in rectangles. At the four corners of the crown the sides of the cap are pinched out. Two of the projections have tufts of woven pile, but these have been lost from the other two. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.93-1933 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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