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Object Number 42-12-30/3188
Display Title Border, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Border; three rows of repeated figures, yellow, woven in slit tapestry with weft-loop-ed pile hats and lioncloths in pink and yellow. Magenta ground with spaced rows of weft-loop pile. Between rows of figures are wave-bands, pink and/or orange with magenta. Across bottom a magenta tab fringe. One warp, two weft selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (s-2z). Weft: camelid, (z-2s).
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile fragment, tab fringe, repeating figurative and wave motif
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • North Coastal?
  • Late Intermediate period
  • South Coastal?
  • Central Coast?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Barranca Province / Fortaleza
Additional Geographic Terms North Coast; Central Coast; Paramonga, vicinity of
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 39 x 29.5 cm (15 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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