Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0514-0338 | |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Hair tie | |
| Culture | Highland Quechuan | |
| Global Region | South America | |
| Country | Peru | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Puno, Carabaya Province | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Town: Macusani | |
| Maker's Name | Maria Tapara | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Handspun alpaca wool yarn | |
| Description | Hair tie for a woman's braided hair, in form of a long narrow band woven of 10 strands in an oblique interlacing technique; Each end terminates in a single tassel made from doubled yarns woven into the braid and wrapped at their bases; The single tassel supports three similar tassels below it, and each of them also support another tassel, for a total of 7 tassels; Braided strand and all tassels are black; According to Teodora Mamani, her grandmother (Maria Tapari, who was nearly 100 in 1978) made this hair tie when she was a young girl) and this style of hair tie was no longer in use (in 1978) in Macusani. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.0, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 156.0 | |