The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 15, 2024
Pin with Yarn Figure
c. 300 BCE–200 CE
Overall: 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.)
Gift of John Wise 1946.76
Location: not on view
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.- Treasures of Peruvian Gold. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 23-April 3, 1966).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1946.76