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Tunic, half
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
  • Early Intermediate period
  • Middle horizon
  • Huari
  • 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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