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Object Number 42-12-30/3571
Display Title Stepped corner, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Corner; 1-1 plainweave brown cotton (warp, weft: z-2s, 16 epcm., 14 epcm.) At bottom, border of slit tapestry woven on paired warps: 3 rows of "rays", magenta, green, blue, on yellow ground. Across lower edge, yellow tab fringe. Along one side, separately woven tapestry strip (4.3 cm., width), w/border, tab fringe matching main cloth; strip extends along plainweave cotton sections, here larger birds in red, green, white, spaced on yellow ground. One warp, one weft selvage.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, slit tapestry, tab fringe, rows of repeating design, bird
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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