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Turban Band (Llauto)
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About this work
Repeated along the length of this headband is a double-headed bird motif, in which the two heads are seen in profile and joined to a frontal body with outstretched wings. This design also appears in the tunic (1946.227) and mantle (1946.226). These three textiles may have formed a matched set that a socially prominent Paracas man would have worn as an ensemble.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineTurban Band (Llauto), c. 300–100 BCE. Peru, South Coast, Paracas, Late Period. Wool and cotton: needle reseau (netting); overall: 426.5 x 7 cm (167 15/16 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1946.228
