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Object Number 46-77-30/10477
Display Title Textile, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Portions of three strips of slit tapestry seamed together. Central piece has yellow and white feathers on red ground and areas of yellow weft-faced plainweave. Outer strips are unravelled and torn away. Sewing yarns are white and blue cotton (s). Both sides fininshed. Warp: white cotton, (s), 9 epcm. Weft: red, gold camelid, (z); white cotton, (z-2s).
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, yellow, red, geometric pattern, frayed
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Late horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Lima / Vista Alegre
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 18 cm (3 15/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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