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Object Number
42-12-30/3321
Display Title
Tunic, warp-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description
Tunic of warp-faced plainweave natural brown camelid. Two lengths (122x51 cm.) seamed together up center with overcast stitches, forming back and front. Along each side is stitched a strip (20 cm., width) fo warp-faced complementary warp weave depicting 6 rows of viscachas? woven in combinations of red/white, blue/purple, red/gold. Strip folds in half lengthwise, a slit cut(?) in it for armhole. Four selvages. Warp, weft: natural brown camelid, (z-2s), 28 epcm.; 8 epcm.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, tunic, brown, figurative border, red, green, white, stripe
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Middle horizon
- Huari
- Late Coastal
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast?
Materials
Fiber, Camelid
Dimensions
Overall: 62 x 63 cm (24 7/16 x 24 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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