Cleveland Museum of Art

Turban Band (Llauto)

Date

c. 300–100 BCE

Medium

wool and cotton: needle reseau (netting)

Culture

Peru, South Coast, Paracas, Late Period

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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. This headband may form a matched set with a mantle and tunic in the collection.

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