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Object Number 46-77-30/7783
Display Title Headband?, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Headband(?) (47 cm., length) with stylized face(?) design done in slit tapestry with occasional dovetailing to close long slits. Weft: purple, red, green, gold camelid, (2s-plied) on yellowish camelid warps (2s-plied). Warps gathered at each end into four groups, foundation for heavy weft-faced plainewave section. Thin three-strand braid secured at each end of these for ties.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber band, multicolored face design, stylized, ties at ends
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle Horizon?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Southern?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 56.5 x 3.5 cm (22 1/4 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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