Wig Headdress

Coastal Wari

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Caption

Coastal Wari. Wig Headdress, 600–1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, human hair, bast fiber, 35 13/16 x 8 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (91 x 22.2 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 41.427. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Wig Headdress

Date

600–1000

Period

Middle Horizon Period

Geography

Place found: South Coast, Peru

Medium

Cotton, camelid fiber, human hair, bast fiber

Classification

Clothing

Dimensions

35 13/16 x 8 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (91 x 22.2 x 6.4 cm)

Credit Line

Henry L. Batterman Fund

Accession Number

41.427

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