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Object Number 46-77-30/9150
Display Title Organic, textile, slit tapestry, geometric motifs
Descriptions
Object Description Textile composed of two fragments of same textile seamed together along two weft selvages. Horizontal bands of slit tapestry punctuated by weft-faced plainweave stripes: 7 bands of feline-like faces with bowtie shapes under chins; wider band of interlocking wide-mouth faces with antenna-like ears; tab fringe of frontal anthropomorphic block figures with arms outstretched and duckfooted. Warps shift alignment in tab area: 2 warps cross over 2 contiguous warps. Two warp, three weft selvages. Warp: natural cotton, paired. Weft: gold, blue, green, red, pink, brown/black, yellow camelid.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile, slit, multicolored figurative rows, tab fringe
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / <State> / <County> / <City> / Zapallan
Intrasite Grave Y
Additional Geographic Terms Chillon; Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 82 x 39 cm (32 5/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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