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| Type of Object: | False Head |
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| Material: | Textile |
| Measurements: | Usually 30 cm. x 35 cm. |
| Date or Period: | 1000-1300 A.D. |
| Maker: | Chancay |
| Designated List Category: | IB4 Chancay False Head |
| Date of Import Restriction: | 06/11/1997 |
| Photograph: | National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru |
| Copyright : | National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru |
| Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions: | |
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| In Chancay culture, false heads are made on a cotton of vegetal fiber cushion covered with plain-weave cloth, decorated with shells, beads, metal, wood, or painting to depict facial features. They sometimes have real hair. | |
| Keywords: | |
| Chancay, cloth, cotton, Pre-Columbian Textiles, textile, |
