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Object Number
46-77-30/8962
Display Title
Border, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description
Border; row of profile birds, yellow, pink, brown on magenta ground. Above, below, yellow stepped fret bands and bands of yellow and brown weft-faced plainweave. Across bottom, long tab fringe (15.5 cm.) with vertical strings of diamonds, yellow on magenta and magenta on yellow. Four selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (2s-plied). Weft: camelid, (2s-plied).
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, row of birds on red, stripes, long tab f
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
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Peru
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Lima Region
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Huaura Province
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<City>
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Sayan
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 33.5 x 56 cm (13 3/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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