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Object Number 46-77-30/7675
Display Title Textile, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Fragment of weft-faced weave with supplementary wefts. Two repeats of frontal figure with head appendages. Ground weft is brown cotton plainweave (s), completely covered by supplementary wefts in red, green, purple, blue, gold, white camelid (2s-plied). Supplementary wefts used discontinuously, resemble slit tapestry. Three pattern wefts alternate with one ground weft. Below, section of weft-faced plainweave with red camelid weft (z) on paired warps. One weft selvage.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, weft-patterned, tapestry, effigy design, fragmentary
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Tiwanaku
  • Late Coast Tiahuanaco
  • Middle horizon
  • Huari
  • Nazca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca Region
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 15 x 14 cm (5 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/7675

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