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Object Number 46-77-30/10112
Display Title Textile, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion; weft-faced with stripes of plainweave in pink, yellow, gold camelid, and stripes of weft-float patterning with repeats of double-headed serpent, rays, and an elaborate design of birds and fish. Colors: magenta, yellow, gold, olive green, white camelid, dark brown cotton. Weft patterning uses discontinuous weft substitution. Warp selvages tubular and weft selvage has doubled warp along edge. Along one weft selvage, sewing yarn stitched in large running stitches. Four selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile, multicolored striped, birds, serpent and fish des
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate Period?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Barranca Province / Pativilca / Acos
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 46.5 x 33 cm (18 5/16 x 13 in.)
Quantity 1

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