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Object Number 42-12-30/3589
Display Title Border, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Border: four repeats of Huari standing figure holding staff in each hand, wearing 3-point hat; fig. reduced to series of rectangles: blue, pink, yellow, white, maroon, outlined in dark brown on red ground. Between figs: rectangular areas (6x10 cm.) w/diag. step block bands separated by slits; bands alternate colors: red/pink or red-brown/pink. Stepped block band across bottom: black outlined in white. Stitched to 2-1 plainweave cotton cloth now cut away. Warp, border: cotton, blue and white plied (s-2z) 9 epcm.; cotton (s-pairs), 18 epcm. Weft border: camelid (z-2s), 6 epcm.; cotton (s)12epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile, slit tapestry, repeating standing figure, multico
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Tiahuanaco
  • Tiwanaku
  • Moche
  • Huari
  • Middle horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / <State> / <County> / <City> / Tiwanaku
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast?
Dimensions Overall: 102.5 x 10.4 cm (40 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1941-1942)
Donor Donated by Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (06/15/1942)
Donor Donated by Mr. Donald C. Scott (06/15/1942)

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