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Pin with Yarn Figure
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePin with Yarn Figure, c. 300 BCE–200 CE. Peru, South Coast, Nasca style?. Wood, yarn, paint; overall: 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise, 1946.76
