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Object Number
41-52-30/2936
Display Title
Weaving sword, textile wrap
Descriptions
Object Description
Hardwood weaving sword, tapered at one end and with a "fish-tail" shape at other. Covered with three different cloths: slit tapestry with interlocking design in red, yellow, blue, camelid; yellow feathered cloth; extra weft-patterned brown, white cloth. These cloths stretched over wood and stitched together at back. Wrapped with yellow camelid yarns at top, bottom, middle. Yarns carried along back and tacked down. Function unknown.
Inventory Description
Organic, wooden tool, notched end, wrapped with woven fiber, multicolored
Classification
- Tool
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Inca?
- Late horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province
Intrasite
Grave
Additional Geographic Terms
South coast
Materials
Fiber, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 29.5 x 2.5 cm (11 5/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
(1941)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer
(1941)
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