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Headdress Forms In The Paracas Necrópolis Mortuary Tradition, Ann H. Peters
Headdress Forms In The Paracas Necrópolis Mortuary Tradition, Ann H. Peters
PreColumbian Textile Conference VII / Jornadas de Textiles PreColombinos VII (2016)
The importance of headdress is indicated by its careful arrangement on the head of the recently deceased, display on the apex of a mortuary bundle, and prominent depiction in contemporary artifacts. In woven, embroidered or painted imagery, headdress elements include featherwork, the body of a bird or mammal, draped cloth or intertwined bands, often depicted as serpents. Due to their position above the human body, the headdresses are the most consistently preserved textile artifacts in tombs of the Paracas Necropolis mortuary tradition. Some elements appear only with men, others are found with both men and women and certain headcloths are …