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Object Number 81-10-30/24500
Display Title Grave marker, painted textile
Descriptions
Object Description Painted grave tablet; rectangular tablet of canes laid side by side. A 4 selvage 1-1 plainweave cotton cloth is folded over the canes, envelope style, and stitched closed. Front is painted with concentric rectangles of stepped frets, in red-orange and blue-gray. A cane extends at the bottom of the tablet, as a support, wrapped with vegetal fiber. Warp: cotton,(z), 8 epcm. Weft: cotton, (z), 7 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, cane fragments, wrapped with woven fiber, painted geometric designs
Classification
  • Organic
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle horizon
  • Coastal Huari
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast?
Dimensions Overall: 31.1 x 19 cm (12 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1

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