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Object Number 42-12-30/3324
Display Title Textile, tapestry, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Textile fragment; slit tapestry with diagonal design of interlocking hooks (snakes?) in magenta, pink, brown, gold, yellow-orange, yellow, purple. Along warp selvage a meander border in same colors and black, white. Warp selvage has warp ends cut and stitched back into weave. One warp, one weft selvage. Warp: brown cotton, (z-2s), 6 epcm. Weft: camelid, (z-2s), 32 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, slit, stepped diagonal, geometric design
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Central Coast?
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 20.4 x 43.5 cm (8 1/16 x 17 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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