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Object Number 47-63-30/5706
Display Title Tunic?, plainweave; tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Cotton shirt (?) fragment - warp faced plain weave with panel of woolen incorporated tapestry embroidery; many darnings and reweavings: Tunic(?): 2 plainweave natural cotton cloths (warp: s-paird, 18 ppcm.; weft: z-2s, 13 epcm.) seamed together along weft selvages. Spanning this seam is a panel of extra weft patterning resembling slit tapestry on plainweave ground; depicts two pairs of opposed felines, alternate pairs of warp float on surface, serve as foundation for slit tapestry weave. These warps intersect at irregular intervals w/concealed ground wefts; remaining pairs of warps weave 1-1 w/ground wefts forming open mesh on back. Extra wefts: red, green, gold, black(?) camelid (z-2s). One weft selvage.
Inventory Description Organic, brown woven fiber fragment, 2 sewn pieces, central design, multicolored
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Huari?
  • Middle Horizon 3-4
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Coastal; Central Coast
Dimensions Overall: 64.5 x 52 cm (25 3/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1

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Tunic?, warp-patterned
47-63-30/5707A Tunic?, warp-patterned
Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
Huaura Province
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Fabric
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Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
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Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Peru
Textile, tapestry, lined
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Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
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Huaura Province
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Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
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