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Border, weft-patterned
Object Number 42-12-30/3714
Display Title Border, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Border; broad central band has chevron design of feline faces and tails woven in black camelid supplementary wefts on white cotton ground, with pink, yellow camelid accents. Above and below, bands with feline faces in black and white complementary weft weave and bands of weft-faced plainweave. Separately woven black camelid weft fringe stitched to bottom edge. Border folded in half. Apparently torn from white cotton plainweave sash (warp: s; weft: z). One warp, two weft selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile, pink, brown, tan, geometric, figurative, tassels
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huacho, Site north of
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 38 x 18 cm (14 15/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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