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Source Description
A similar star-shaped metal ornament is present on a human-hair wig from a mummy excavated at the Paracas Necropolis site. The wig has tresses wrapped with colored yarns, and a long headband wrapped many times around the head. The star-shaped ornament is attached to the headband, and a circular metal ornament is attached to the braid.
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Document identity
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119672
label
Headdress Ornament
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119672
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object
title
Headdress Ornament
description
A similar star-shaped metal ornament is present on a human-hair wig from a mummy excavated at the Paracas Necropolis site. The wig has tresses wrapped with colored yarns, and a long headband wrapped many times around the head. The star-shaped ornament is attached to the headband, and a circular metal ornament is attached to the braid.
date
c. 300 BCE–200 CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80014822
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Jewelry
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 5.2 x 4.6 cm (2 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
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Peru, South Coast, Paracas
accession
1940.511
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hammered and embossed gold-copper alloy
tombstone
Headdress Ornament, c. 300 BCE–200 CE. Peru, South Coast, Paracas. Hammered and embossed gold-copper alloy; overall: 5.2 x 4.6 cm (2 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1940.511
collection
AA - Andes
didYouKnow
<em>Tumbaga</em> is an alloy made by blending gold with copper, which may give the gold a rosy hue.
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The Norweb Collection
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2026-05-29 06:10:39.715000
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119672
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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hammered and embossed gold-copper alloy
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