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Object Number
42-28-30/4485
Display Title
Tunic
Descriptions
Object Description
Fragmentary fine interlocking tapestry - horizontal rows of brown geometric design on rose-red ground alternated with human heads with puma heads on headdresses and protruding tounges; multi-colored on deep cream ground: Tunic; Horizontal rows of "feather"(?) design alternating brown on red or red on brown; alternate with human heads with puma heads emanating from headdresses, and mouths; multicolored on deep cream ground. Later over-stitching in green on weft edges (not selvages). Warp: 16 epcm. Weft: 41 epcm.
Mantle/tunic (two woven panel widths*) is 53-54 cm in warp direction x 191 cm in weft direction; finely interlocked tapestry (weft faced plain weave. Panels are joined across the length (warp to warp); the facing left side is joined with by a figure-8 stitch in brown camelid yarn. See technical analysis under conservation report
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, textile, tunic, brown geometric design on red, human heads
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Huari
- Tiahuanaco
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms
Peru, South coast; Nasca Valley
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 10 x 108 x 191 cm (3 15/16 x 42 1/2 x 75 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42-28-30/4437 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 46-77-30/9452 | Tunic, tapestry, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaral
| |
| 15-41-30/86901 | Tunic fragment, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Usaka
| |
| 979-17-30/10063 | Tunic, slit tapestry, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3303 | Mantle, weft-patterned |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Ica Region
| |
| 42-12-30/3693 | Tunic |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 48-37-30/7183 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho?
| |
| 54-18-30/7591 | Applique, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Pachacamac
| |
| 42-12-30/3378 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 41-52-30/3090 | Tunic, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/10365 | Mantle, border |
Woven Fiber
|
Culebras-Huarmey
| |
| 46-77-30/9687 | Tunic, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Humaya
|