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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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Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
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