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Object Number 46-81-30/5513
Display Title Tunic
Descriptions
Object Description One large woven shirt with dark red, brown and yellow stripes: Tunic composed of two cloths (134x37 cm.) seamed together leaving neck opening and arm holes. Warp-faced plainweave with warp stripes of red, brown, gold camelid (z-2s, 26 epcm.). Decorative seams of brown camelid end with reinforcing stitches at neck and arm openings. Heading cords are wound into little skeins and left hanging at bottom edge. Never worn? Weft: brown camelid, (z-2s), 6 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, tunic, striped red and brown, tassels at end
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late horizon
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Arequipa Region / Caylloma Province / Majes
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, Southern Highlands; Majes Valley near Santa Isabel de Siguas
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 66.3 x 73.5 cm (26 1/8 x 28 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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