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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 / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / <City> / 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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