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Object Number 42-12-30/3185
Display Title Border, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Border; repeats of a profile seated figure in crescent headdress, woven in slit tapestry with camelid wefts: brown, yellow, pink, on magenta ground (all z-2s). Along one side are stitched 4 separately woven weft fringes of yellow, brown, magenta camelid. Border was originally stitched to a sheer 2-1 plainweave cotton; now a piece of 1-1 cotton plainweave is glued on. Warp: brown cotton, (z-2s).
Inventory Description Organic, woven border, slit tapestry, red with figure motif, fringed, torn
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Barranca Province / Fortaleza
Additional Geographic Terms North Coast; Central Coast; Paramonga, vicinity of
Materials Camelid
Dimensions Overall: 100 x 13 cm (39 3/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 42-12-30/3185

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