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Object Number 54-18-30/7591
Display Title Applique, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Textile fragment: Patch used as applique on tunics woven in slit tapestry. Double-headed bird motif in blue (z-2s), green (s), brown (z), tan (s) cotton, gold (z), red (z-2s) camelid, on white cotton ground (z-pairs). One area of outline and warp wrapping is blue and brown bichrome yarn. Design: two bird heads in profile, gold beaks, red, gold rays on concentric semi-circle shape; sits on striped triangular base with row of concentric squares. Red, gold tassels (woven fringe?) "suspended" from base of triangles. Warps cut. Reverse unfinished. Two weft selvages. Warp: white cotton, (z), 7 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile fragment, applique, slit tapestry, multicolored double he
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Inca
  • Middle horizon
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Pachacamac / Pachacamac
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 12 cm (8 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 54-18-30/7591
Provenance
Collector Prof. Solon I. Bailey
Donor Donated by Prof. Irving W. Bailey (04/03/1954)

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