A round, intricately woven basket made from bast(?), with heavy patterning. The walls of the bowl are supported on the inside by dried banana leaf.

Ceremonial stick with feathers attached at top, blue feathers in the middle; green feathers at the base. Black cotton threads alternating with bast fibres to make two vertical bands of geometric patterns over stick; twisted jute cord at one end.

Stick with feathers on top, blue and orange-red parrot feathers in the middle. Black cotton threads alternating with bast fibres to make two vertical bands of geometric patterns around stick. Twisted cord at one end.

Long orange-red painted stick with pieces of horizontal tied bast fibres and black cotton threads around it. Traces of white feathers in the middle; capped with feathers at one end.

Necklace made of twisted jute string with "huayruro" seeds between four long sticks; duck (?) feathers attached at the ends of two sticks. Small stick in the centre of necklace is capped with yellow parrot feathers. Sticks are tied with black cotton threads and two of them have long thorns interspersed.

Gift of Richard H. Clarke

Gift of Kay Hodnett Nunez

Gift of Kay Hodnett Nunez

Wig headdress consisting of a cap made by simple looping of cotton (white) and undyed camelid fibers (natural browns). Thin braids of human hair are attached to and hang from the cap, and are decorated at the lower ends with red, white, yellow/gold, and blue dyed camelid fibers that are wrapped aound each braid. Wig headdresses have been found in association with mummy bundles of elite Wari state representatives buried along the desert coast. They would have been placed on top of the false head of a mummy bundle (Rebecca Stone-Miller, To Weave for the Sun. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Thames and Hudson, 1992). Size: adult. Probable wearer: female or undetermined. Hat: camelid fiber, simple looping. Braiding: human hair. Camelid fiber wrapping.

Ecru vest with applique roundel. The vest has a rounded neck, side slits and centre opening with brass frog closures. The sides and bottom hem have pink borders with blue trim. The roundels on the centre front and back have a peony motif in red, green and pink on blue ground. The inside lining is natural-coloured linen.