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Object Number 46-77-30/8944
Display Title Border, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Border; main tapestry secton with tapestry tab fringe similar to /8943, but for stepped square frets in border (here yellow and medium brown); tabs (2"). Attached strips similar in color and design to tapestry woven band (/8941), but for backgrounds of central rectangles in two colors, weft connections across tapestry slit every (3/8-1/2"); border of one band missing; possibility that bands sections were originally parts of same band, since cut ends seem to match for color and design. Remnants of plainweave sewn on (similar to /8943) between attachment points for strips; both weft selvages
Inventory Description Organic, textile fragment, multicolored, pattern stripe, tab fringe, 2 bands
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Horizon?
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / <City> / Sayan
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huara Valley; Huacho
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 59.5 x 47.5 cm (23 7/16 x 18 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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