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Object Number
46-77-30/7378
Display Title
Textile, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description
Cotton & wool tapestry fragment - Kelim; full-faced "late period" figures: Panel composed of five strips seamed together. Two widest strips have repeating frontal figures in large two-horned (bifurcated?) headdresses. Seated animal with white spots and long extension(?) on head fills half of one of figured strip. Two narrow strips are solid color, one has geometric design of stepped diagonals. Slit tapestry, long slits appear in design, some stitched shut, most left open. Warp: white cotton, (2s-plied). Weft: red, gold, pink, turquoise camelid, (2s-plied). Count: 22 x 124.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, slit tapestry, stepped design, figurative, bird motif, hol
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Intermediate period
- Late Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province
/
El Cemetario
Additional Geographic Terms
Peru, South coast: Nazca, south of river inland from
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 44 x 22.5 cm (17 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-77-30/7667 | Band, slit tapestry |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7675 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7395 | Band, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7366 | Band, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Loma Huelo
| |
| 38-10-30/1715 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/7406 | Band, fragment |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7405 | Band, fragment |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Nazca Province
| |
| 42-12-30/3189 | Textile, tapestry, lined |
Woven Fiber
|
Fortaleza
| |
| 38-10-30/1714 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho?
| |
| 46-77-30/9673 | Border, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Humaya
| |
|
| 46-77-30/9672 | Border, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Humaya
| |
| 46-77-30/7359 | Headband, interlock tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Loma Huelo
|