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Object Number
48-37-30/7183
Display Title
Textile, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapestry border fragment - monochrome stripes, tab fringe and kelim types; geometric designs; cotton warp, wool weft; colors are brwn, rose-red, yellow & white: Blue-black cloth with all-over pattern of small open squares: white, yellow, red, with colors arranged in interlocking designs. At intervals are diagonal rows of hook figures and two Horizontal bands of the same figure cross cloth in red, yellow, white. Below the lower band, cloth divides into tabs (4.5 cm., width); each tab divides into four red tabs. Slit tapestry with camelid wefts (z-2s, 26 epcm.) on brown cotton warps (z-2s, 6.5 epcm.) Looks like woven equivalent of tie-dyed textile with circle motifs. One warp, two weft selvages.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, black, red, yellow, white pattern, tab f
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Intermediate Period?
- Central Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
/
Huaura Province?
/
<City>
/
Huacho?
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast; Huara Valley?
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 86 x 44 cm (33 7/8 x 17 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63-12-30/8446 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Pisco?
| |
| 38-10-30/1715 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 63-12-30/8449 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Pisco
| |
| 42-12-30/3322 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3303 | Mantle, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Ica Region
| |
| 15-41-30/86887 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Monte Grande
| |
| 46-53-30/5477 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/7672 | Band, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/8956 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Sayan
| |
| 42-12-30/3708 | Border |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 42-12-30/3703 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 15-41-30/86926 | Tunic border |
Woven Fiber
|
Coyungo
|