casco de varillas

Helmet with a structure made of cane or other plant material filled out with pieces of spun camelid wool, composed of horizontal sticks and with polychrome geometrical motifs, sometimes carrying complex accessories like handfuls of feathers, pieces of human hair or hat-band like pieces of textile: belonging to the Wari culture. In early colonial times, this piece of war armour was made out of leather.

Capacete de estructura vegetal embarrilado con hilados de camélido, compuesto por la unión de varillas horizontales y con motivos geométricos policromos, a veces llevaba complejos accesorios como manojos de plumas, trenzas de pelo humano o tejidos a modo de cintillos, perteneciente a Wari. En la colonia temprana, este implemento de guerra estaba elaborado de cuero.