Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William Lucius Morkill (1858-1936, who built and managed railroads in Mexico from 1901 to 1907 and in Peru from 1907 to 1919); purchased by MAI from his widow, Josephine Wright Morkill (1859-1943), in 1938.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Quechua
- Seller
- Josephine Morkill (Mary Josephine Wright/Mrs. William Lucius Morkill), Non-Indian, 1859-1943
- Previous owner
- William L. Morkill (William Lucius Morkill), Non-Indian, 1858-1936
- Object Name
- Headband
- Media/Materials
- Reed
- Techniques
- Pyroengraved
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
