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Textile, scaffold
Object Number 42-12-30/3308
Display Title Textile, scaffold
Descriptions
Object Description Two plainweave cotton cloths seamed together; each has scaffolded join across center, divides into a dark brown & a tan square. Warp selvages have border (4 cm., width): two bands of weft-faced plainweave red camelid flank row of felines in supplementary wefts ressembling tapestry. Felines: red on pale green, yellow on purple, dark blue on blue, pale green on red. At other end row of birds w/complementary wefts, many camelids. Four selvages. Warp, weft: cotton, (z-2s), 16 epcm.; 12 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, textile fragment, brown, tan seamed together, embroidered edge
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Huari
  • Tiahuanaco
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast?; Peru, Central coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 102 x 53 cm (40 3/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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