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Object Number
42-28-30/4433
Display Title
Tunic?, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description
Brown cotton textile - 2 large & small wool & cotton figures embroidered on plain weave with paired warps; weft patterended boarders with bird motif: Tunic(?) fragment; 2 cloths seamed together, each 2-1 plainweave brown cotton w/large frontal figure in headdress, collar. One figure holds trophy head in each hand; other unfinished below waist. Discontinuous supplementary wefts: brown, black, pink, yellow, rust camelid (2z-2s) in 5-span floats, alternate alignment. Above, below figure are weft-faced borders w/birds, in same technique. One warp, 2 weft selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (s-pairs), 8 ppcm. Weft: brown cotton, (s), 9 epcm.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, brown, large embroidered figures
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Huacho
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast; Huacho Valley
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 45 x 73 cm (17 11/16 x 28 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-77-30/7668 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3734A | Bag, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 42-28-30/4486 | Border, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/9624 | Tunic, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/9563 | Tunic?, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 42-12-30/3762 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/7369 | Mantle, supplementary weft |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Loma Huelo
| |
| 48-37-30/7185 | Textile, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho?
| |
| 41-52-30/3055 | Mantle, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 38-28-30/4139 | Shoulder poncho, embroidered; Paracas Broadline style |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 979-17-30/10087 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 38-28-30/4134 | Shawl, embroidered |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Paracas Necropolis
|