© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Head Tie (?)

Place CreatedPeru, South America

CultureNasca

PeriodEarly Intermediate

Dateca. 300 CE

MediumCamelid fibers

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Dimensions131 1/2 x 1/4 in. (334 x 0.6 cm)

Object number2003.040.043

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, Textile Rotation, March 2005 - September 2005
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, September - November 2003.

ProvenanceEx private collection, United States.

Status

Not on view

Collections

Art of the Americas

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