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Wari. <em>Headband or Belt?</em>, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68.jpg)
Wari. Headband or Belt?, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68.jpg)
Wari. <em>Headband or Belt?</em>, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68.jpg)

Wari. Headband or Belt?, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68.jpg)

Wari. <em>Headband or Belt?</em>, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail1.jpg)

Wari. Headband or Belt?, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail1.jpg)

Wari. <em>Headband or Belt?</em>, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail11.jpg)

Wari. Headband or Belt?, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail11.jpg)

Wari. <em>Headband or Belt?</em>, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail6.jpg)

Wari. Headband or Belt?, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail6.jpg)

Wari. <em>Headband or Belt?</em>, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail9.jpg)

Wari. Headband or Belt?, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail9.jpg)

Wari. <em>Headband or Belt?</em>, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail3.jpg)

Wari. Headband or Belt?, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail3.jpg)

Wari. <em>Headband or Belt?</em>, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail7.jpg)

Wari. Headband or Belt?, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail7.jpg)

Wari. <em>Headband or Belt?</em>, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail10.jpg)

Wari. Headband or Belt?, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail10.jpg)

Wari. <em>Headband or Belt?</em>, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail8.jpg)

Wari. Headband or Belt?, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail8.jpg)

Wari. <em>Headband or Belt?</em>, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail2.jpg)

Wari. Headband or Belt?, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail2.jpg)

Wari. <em>Headband or Belt?</em>, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail4.jpg)

Wari. Headband or Belt?, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail4.jpg)

Wari. <em>Headband or Belt?</em>, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail5.jpg)

Wari. Headband or Belt?, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68_detail5.jpg)

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Headband or Belt?

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Wari
MEDIUM Cotton, camelid fiber
  • Place Made: South Coast, Peru
    • DATES 600-1000
    PERIOD Middle Horizon Period
    DIMENSIONS 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER 43.68
    CREDIT LINE Henry L. Batterman Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Belt or headband with human and animal figures in gold, green, red and black. Condition: good. Size: adult. Probable wearer: male or undetermined. Vertical, camelid fiber warp. Cotton weft. 1 weft double cloth with 4 colors (NK). Warp-faced double cloth (AR). Design: Wari-derived staff-bearing figure, Wari-derived animal figures
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Wari. Headband or Belt?, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.43.68.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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    Wari. <em>Headband or Belt?</em>, 600-1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 1 15/16 x 36 5/8 in. (5 x 93 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 43.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.43.68.jpg)

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