5.9

"False Head" construction from the top of a mortuary bundle from the Ocucaje Basin, with several of its original components. These include bound rolls of cotton fiber, a warp-patterned band, a tapestry band, and the "mask" panel with its unwoven warp extending from the top like hair and wrapped by the headbands. TM 91.890.

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Ch. 05: Travels of the Rayed Head: Textile Movement and the Concepts of Center and Periphery in the Southern Andes
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Isbell, William H.; Uribe, Mauricio I.; Tiballi, Anne; Edward P. Zegarra, 2018, "Visual database", https://doi.org/10.25346/S6/1B33FN.