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Pin with Yarn Figure

c. 300 BCE–200 CE

Peru, South Coast, Nasca style?

Medium
wood, yarn, paint
Measurements
Overall: 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Wise 1946.76
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Description

Paracas headgear from mummy bundles sometimes incorporate human-hair wigs, wound with long headbands and slings. Ornamented with a diminutive kneeling figure, this pin may have been used like a hat pin to hold the wrappings in place. Although poorly preserved, this object illustrates the use of resin pigment on materials other than ceramics.
A carved wood and yarn pin painted red, black, and white depicts a small figure atop a long, tapering shaft. The figure's black face features large white eyes and red lips, with one arm raised to a light brown yarn cap. A matching bundle of yarn serves as a loincloth. The dark shaft displays delicate, light-colored etched patterns along its length, narrowing to a fine point at the base.

Pin with Yarn Figure

c. 300 BCE–200 CE

Peru, South Coast, Nasca style?

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