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Tassel
Object Number 46-77-30/7678
Display Title Tassel
Descriptions
Object Description Core (1.5 cm., diameter) of cotton yarns, spiral wrapped with cotton cord, covered with weft wrapping in design of concentric rectangles using red, green, gold, white camelid (2s-plied). Below, large knob (5 cm., diameter) covered with same camelids. Red camelid fringe, in groups of 20 (2s-plied) replied together, suspended from knob.
Inventory Description Organic, woven tassel, cotton core, polychrome embroidered handle with concentri
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late horizon
  • Nazca?
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca Region
Materials Cotton, Camelid
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 13 x 4.5 cm (11 x 5 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/7678

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Raw Material
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Woven Fiber
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Textile, plainweave
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Woven Fiber
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Tassel, face
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Fiber
Nazca Province