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Headband

A work made of silk and silver gilt wound around silk fiber core; warp-faced plain weave; warp striped with supplementary patterning wefts; tape of plain weave at both ends.

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  • A work made of silk and silver gilt wound around silk fiber core; warp-faced plain weave; warp striped with supplementary patterning wefts; tape of plain weave at both ends.

Date:

Probably late 19th/early 20th century

Artist:

Peru

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Headband

Place

Peru (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

c. 1875–1910

Medium

Silk and silver gilt wound around silk fiber core; warp-faced plain weave; warp striped with supplementary patterning wefts; tape of plain weave at both ends

Inscriptions

Teligare con R rason

Dimensions

103.5 × 2.9 cm (40 3/4 × 1 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Reference Number

1955.1619

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