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Object Number 42-12-30/3189
Display Title Textile, tapestry, lined
Descriptions
Object Description Central panel framed on three sides by separately woven strips. Backed w/2-1 plainweave brown cotton (warp: s-pairs, 12 ppcm; weft: s, 10 epcm.). Central panel has ground of narrow bands alternately pink, yellow w/feather, step-fret motifs; separatedby black bands w/long-beaked bird heads. Framing strips have bands of weft-faced plainweave separating slit tapestry bands w/various designs. One warp, one weft selvage. Warp: brown cotton, (s-2z), 7 epcm. Weft: camelid, (z, s, z-2s
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, multi-patterned, multicolored, striped, figurative designs
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Middle horizon
  • Late Central Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Barranca Province / Fortaleza
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Paramonga, vicinity of
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 93 x 81 cm (36 5/8 x 31 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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