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Object Number 45-10-30/4307
Display Title Tunic
Descriptions
Object Description Cream cotton shirt with cotton batting inter-padding - unique. Short sleeved tunic (104 cm l x 101 cm w with sleeves extended 160 cm) is constructed with two layers of natural undyed cream colored cotton cloth and between the two layers is a padding of loose clean unspun cotton fiber. See technical analysis under conservation.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, tunic, cream cotton, padded, sleeves
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huara Valley
Materials Fiber, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 104 x 101 cm (40 15/16 x 39 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-10-30/4307
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1944)
Donor Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (1945)
Donor Mr. Donald C. Scott (1945)

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