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Object Number 87-61-30/54462
Display Title Tunic, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Tunic fragment of plaid 1-1 plainweave of natural and brown cottons. Around neck opening is a meander band of brown, red, and yellow camelid supplementary weft floatweave; below a rectangle with diagonal rows of profile birds woven in supplementary weft floats of brown and pink camelid. Across chest and back are four thick, multiple wefts which form a ridge. Warp: cotton, (z-2s), 15 epcm. Weft: cotton, (z-2s), 11 epcm.; camelid, (z-2s).
Inventory Description Organic, textile fragment, tan plainweave, embroidered red, brown bands
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Central Coast
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Ancon
Intrasite Prehistoric Graves
Additional Geographic Terms Chillon Valley
Dimensions Overall: 71.5 x 30 cm (28 1/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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