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Object Number 42-12-30/3561
Display Title Border, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Border; row of four profile birds woven in slit tapestry in magenta, gold, outlined in black on yellow ground. Above and below are a row of small profile birds, of many colors, between bands of weft-faced plainweave: magenta, gold, yellow. Two warp, one weft selvage. Warp: brown cotton, (z-2s), 8 epcm. Weft: camelid, (z), (z-2s), 35-45 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, yellow, red, row of birds, 2 bands of bi
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 17.5 x 25.6 cm (6 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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