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Object Number
42-12-30/3377
Display Title
Textile, interlocked tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description
Cloth with stepped square and hook figures done in discontinuous warp and weft technique; 2-1 plainweave brown or white cotton (warp: s-pairs, 20 ppcm.; weft: s, 12 epcm.) or red camelid (warp: z-2s, 18 epcm.; weft: z-2s, 10 epcm.). Small squares of blue, dark brown, yellow, red accent the larger shapes. Wefts interlocked in some sections, in other slits closed with overhand stitch (white cotton, z-2s).
Inventory Description
Organic, textile fragment, brown, red, tan, stepped and squared designs
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Huari?
- Middle Horizon?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms
Peru, South coast: Nasca
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 80 x 34 cm (31 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
(1941-1942)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer
(1942)
Donor
Donated by
Mr. Donald C. Scott
(1942)
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|
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