A Nazca skull with long braids

Kane Khanh | Archeaology
November 3, 2023

A Nazca skull with long braids

Hair still attached to its own skull, measures 2800 mm (2.80m.) in length, possibly belonged to a priestess of approximately 50 years and whose age is 2,200 years (200 BC).⁣

The hair is made up of two bows wrapped in fine ropes made of the same hair, they are in a circular way around each portion of hair. Located in National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History (Archeology Museum UNT), Trujillo, Peru

Nazca skull with long braids; hair still attached to its own skull, measures 2.80m in length, belonged to a priestess died around 50 age, in 200 BC.National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History (Archeology Museum UNT), Trujillo, Peru.