Pin with Yarn Figure (c. 300 BCE–200 CE): Art, History and Details

Pin with Yarn Figure (c. 300 BCE–200 CE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Paracas headgear from mummy bundles sometimes incorporate human-hair wigs, wound with long headbands and slings. Ornamented with a diminutive kneeling figure, this pin may have been used like a hat pin to hold the wrappings in place. Although poorly preserved, this object illustrates the use of resin pigment on materials other than ceramics.

Object facts

• Title: Pin with Yarn Figure
• Date: c. 300 BCE–200 CE
• Culture: Peru, South Coast, Nasca style?
• Type: Jewelry
• Technique: wood, yarn, paint
• Dimensions: Overall: 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.)
• Collection: AA - Andes
• Department: Art of the Americas
• Accession number: 1946.76

Collection credit

Gift of John Wise

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