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Object Number 46-77-30/10379
Display Title Border, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Border with row of profile birds, magenta and yellow, on contrasting ground, woven in slit tapestry with outlining. Above, below are stepped wave bands. Red camelid weft fringe stitched across bottom. Remains of dark brown plainweave cloth stitched along top edge. Four selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (2z-plied), 6 epcm. Weft: camelid, (2s-plied), 30 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber textile, yellow, red, row of birds, red fringe, slit tapest
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Horizon?
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 50 x 21 cm (19 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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