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Effigy, embroidered
Object Number 46-77-30/8972
Display Title Effigy, embroidered
Descriptions
Object Description Effigy: two-faced human head from embroidered on both faces with red lips and nose, yellow ears and natural color eyes; filled with wound yarn. Remainder of piece cloth fragment gathered under chin to resemble shirt. Some brown, and all blue, pink, red, yellow fibers camelid; others cotton. Tufts of yellow and gold yarn form headdress.
Inventory Description Organic, woven effigy, embroidered features, polychrome, tufts as headdress
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
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 14.5 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm (5 11/16 x 1 1/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/8972

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