A female funerary bundle from Huaca Malena

Abstract

In 1998, an undisturbed grave containing a woman and a foetus was excavated at Huaca Malena. This article describes the Middle Horizon tomb and the unwrapping of the two bundles. Women's garments of the Middle Horizon are not well known, and the adult bundle contained a range of female garments, accessories, and tools, including a dress and a shawl fragment, headbands, belts, bags, and weaving implements. The textiles from this grave context are compared with textiles from other Huaca Malena contexts and coastal sites, highlighting the local style and discussing its antecedents and influences from other styles. The presence of local and regional styles of textiles at Huaca Malena and other coastal sites in this period suggests that local groups maintained relationships with a variety of regional polities during the Middle Horizon, and were not under direct control of the Wari.

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