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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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