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Border, fragment
Object Number 42-12-30/3372
Display Title Border, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Fragments of embroidered border; 1-1 plainweave red camelid with a row of birds elaborately embroidered in stem-stitch using many shades of camelid (z-2s). Above and below birds are weft stripes, dark blue, orange. Along one edge a tab fringe. Warp, weft: red camelid, (z-2s). (measurements are combined)
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, embroidered border, repeating bird pattern
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Intermediate period
  • Early Nasca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nasca
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 54 cm (10 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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