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Object Number 42-12-30/3317
Display Title Band, interlock tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Band; bird head repeated with different orientations: gold, blue, green, dark brown, white, on red ground. Single interlocked tapestry with camelid wefts (z-2s, 35 epcm.), cotton warp (z-2s, 7 epcm.). Backed with heavy white cotton band; warp-faced 1-1 plainweave (warp: (z-2s), 12 epcm.; weft: (z-2s), 2 epcm.). The two bands stitched together along sides with buttonhole stitch of red camelid. Two weft selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven band, red, multicolored figurative design, backed with brown line
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Coastal Huari
  • Middle horizon
  • Tapestry
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 43 x 4 cm (16 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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