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Object Number 46-77-30/7655
Display Title Tunic?, supplementary weft
Descriptions
Object Description Tunic(?) recently constructed from pieces of two supplementary weft patterned cloths; in upper left, lower right quarters of front, design of interlocking hook shapes, green, yellow camelid (2s-plied) on brown cotton (s). Descent wefts used in 3-span floats on paired warps, alternate alignment. Second: opposite quarters, ground weave white cotton plainweave (warp (s), weft (2s-plied), painted w/red pigment between patterned areas. Design: stepped diagonals w/hooks, alternate wefts of pink, yellow camelid (2s-plied) diamond pattern w/ 5-span floats alternating alignment. On back(?) wrong sides
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, tunic, blocks of geometric patterns, fringed slit neck
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Coast
  • Late horizon
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca Region
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 54 x 83 cm (21 1/4 x 32 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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