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Object Number
46-77-30/8959
Display Title
Textile, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description
Textile; slit tapestry with stepped diamonds enclosing standing figures in headdress and collar, holding plant(?) in one hand. Across top, bottom, border, red-pink and pink weft-faced bands flanking band with birds in yellow and brown. Ground primarily pink-red, diamonds pink, figures primarily yellow, gold, brown. Four selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (2s-plied). Weft: camelid, (2s-plied).
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, slit tapestry, gold figures on pink ground, border of bird
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Intermediate period
- Middle horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
/
Huaura Province
/
<City>
/
Sayan
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 53.5 x 17 cm (21 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-77-30/8958 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
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Sayan
| |
| 46-77-30/7667 | Band, slit tapestry |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/10367 | Band, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 63-12-30/8443 | Band, slit tapestry |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Pisco?
| |
| 46-77-30/10180A | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
|
| 46-77-30/10180B | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
|
| 46-77-30/10180C | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3589 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Tiwanaku
| |
| 46-77-30/9749 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/9748 | Band, slit tapestry |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/7378 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
El Cemetario
| |
| 46-77-30/9747 | Band, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Peru
|