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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

Extended information about this artwork

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