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Object Number
42-28-30/4490
Display Title
Tunic, half
Descriptions
Object Description
Half of feather cloth tunic - multi-color; (in bad shape): Tunic; heavy warp-faced 1-1 plainweave tan cotton (z-2s), red, yellow, blue, green feathers knotted into cords and stitched down in closely spaced rows. Intricate design now lost. One warp, four weft selvages. "Uncu" or "unku" ( shirt in Quechua).
Inventory Description
Organic, woven tunic, fragmentary, cotton plainweave, colored feathers
Classification
- Raw Material
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Middle horizon
- Huari
- Early Intermediate period
- Late Nazca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms
Peru, South coast; Nasca Valley
Materials
Cotton, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 86 x 79 cm (33 7/8 x 31 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
42-28-30/4490
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Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
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| |
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Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
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| |
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| |
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| |
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