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Object Number 54-18-30/7590
Display Title Band, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Textile fragment: Band depicting three large figures: two men in headdressesone monkey(?) in slit tapestry weave, separated by Horizontal stripes of weft-faced plainweave and stripes of small birds in tapestry. Horizontal stripes are black and gold camelid. One warp, two weft selvages. Warp: white cotton, (s-2z), 9 epcm. Weft: bright pink camelid ground; gold, gray, brown camelid figures, (z-2s), 30-60 epcm.; white cotton, (2z).
Inventory Description Organic, woven band, slit tapestry, multicolored bands and human figure motif
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Dimensions Overall: 55.3 x 6.2 cm (21 3/4 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 54-18-30/7590

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