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Object Number 39-83-30/1867
Display Title Textile, warp/weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Ground cloth of 3 strips. At sides: warp-striped plainweave of brown, blue, white cotton, pink camelid. Weft: brown cotton w/pairs of pink wefts. Between this "checked" fabric, a strip of white cotton 1-1 plainweave. Across top is stitched a band of weft-faced plainweave w/stripes of blue, yellow-green, magenta weft; from this are suspended multiple tassels. In center a figure tassel divides into 3 more, each w/embroidered face; below, a circular looped medallion & more tassels.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, striped, multicolored tassles, elobrate
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle horizon
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / La Libertad Region / Pacasmayo Province / Jequetepeque?
Additional Geographic Terms North coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 36 x 28.5 cm (14 3/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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