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Object Number
42-12-30/3368
Display Title
Tunic, feathered, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description
Tunic fragment(?); red-orange ground with two rows of three white circles, and one row of blue stepped right angles. Rows separated by double white lines. Parrot feathers attached to cotton plainweave foundation, composed of two cloths seamed together; one has complete width (36 cm.; warp: (z-2s), 12 epcm.; weft: (z-2s), 9 epcm.), other has one weft selvage and one rolled hem (warp: (z-pairs), 22 ppcm.; weft: (s), 9 epcm.). Lower warp edges cut, turned up, concealed under feathers.
Inventory Description
Organic, textile, feathers attached in rows, circlular pattern, stepped, multico
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Nazca?
- Late Intermediate Period?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province?
Additional Geographic Terms
Peru, South coast; Nasca
Materials
Fiber, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 81.5 x 60 cm (32 1/16 x 23 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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