Headband in warp-faced double weave

Collection type: Object
Description: Headband in warp-faced double weave
Long description: Headband in warp-faced double weave (Rowe 1977:94ff) with scroll motif (wajrapallay, Quechua) said to represent the snail or cornucopia (Wasserman & Hill 1981:10). 11 multicoloured wrapped warp units at one end; flat braid at each end. Chemical dyes. Probably a mixture of sheep's wool and camelid fibre. Warp spin Z2S; weft Z2S; warp count 72 epi (29/cm); weft count 26 ppi (10/cm). Linda Mowat, 1998.
Geographical reference: Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Bolivia (Plurinational State of); La Paz Dept Charasani
Cultural groups: Quechua; Aimara
Person: Field collector Robin Woodhouse; PRM source Robin Woodhouse; PRM source Paula Woodhouse
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1975
Date collected: 1974 - 1975
Acquisition information: Donated: 1996
Materials and processes: Material Camelid Wool Textile Animal, Process Woven, Process Braided
Dimensions: Length 1270 mm including braids, Length 483 mm band, Width 34 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1997.2.3 Other numbers: D10
Research and responses: For a list of the works consulted by Linda Mowat while cataloguing this collection, see RDF. [JC 26 8 2013]

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