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Object Number 42-12-30/3559
Display Title Border, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Border; a row of diamonds: magenta, orange, yellow, tan, outlined in dark brown and brown, woven in coarse slit tapestry with camelid wefts (z-2s) on paired cotton warps (2z-2s). Bands of weft-faced plainweave in same colors flank diamond row. Woven on white cotton plainweave cloth (warp, weft: z-2s, 7 epcm.) now torn away. One warp, two weft selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven border, slit tapestry, on white cotton plainweave, diamond motif
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate Period?
  • Late Coastal?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Dimensions Overall: 44.5 x 10.5 cm (17 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 42-12-30/3559

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