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Object Number 42-12-30/3558
Display Title Border, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Border with stepped corners, cut from a brown cotton plainweave mantle. A row of bird/men in crescent headdresses, without arms, woven in pink, blue, yellow, black, purple camelid (z-2s), slit tapestry with wrapped warp outlining. Across bottom, a yellow tab fringe with finished selvages. One warp, four weft selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (z-2s).
Inventory Description Organic, woven border, slit tapestry, man/bird effigy, stepped corners, tab frin
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Dimensions Overall: 174 x 25 cm (68 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 42-12-30/3558

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