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Border, weft-patterned
Object Number 42-28-30/4486
Display Title Border, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Fragment of border - brown cotton warp paired; rose-red wool with band of multi-colored wool; human figure with staff in each hand repeated;: Border; weft-faced plainweave red camelid, flanks band of descontinuous supplementary weft weave. Row of frontal figures holding staffs, wearing drooping headdresses, in blue, red, green, gold, purple, white camelid discontinuous weft weaving on paired warps resembling tapestry. Ground weft brown cotton (z-2s), follows 2 pattern wefts 1-1 plainweave. Above, below figure band, red camelid weft-faced plainweave on paired warps, brown cotton (z-2s). Rest of cloth 1-1 plainweave brown cotton.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, red band, central multicolord figurative
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Nazca?
  • Tiahuanaco?
  • Middle horizon
  • Huari?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nasca Valley
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 15 x 60 cm (5 7/8 x 23 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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