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Object Number
63-12-30/8425
Display Title
Mantle, tapestry, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description
Mantle fragment; portion of band with three repeats of Oculate Being with protruding tongue and headdress. Slit tapestry in red, purple, gold, yellow, blue-green camelid, white cotton weft (z-2s, 32 epcm.). Black camelid outlining has rotted out completely. Warp: white, brown camelid, (z-2s), 6.5 epcm. Stitched to plainweave cloth of red camelid (warp: z-2s, 14 epcm.; weft: s, 10 epcm.). Two weft selvages.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, textile slit fragment, multicolored anthropomorphic figure
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Early Intermediate period
- Nazca Y
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms
Peru, South coast; Nazca, Yca area
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 11.5 cm (12 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63-12-30/8426 | Mantle, tapestry, fragment |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Nazca Province
| |
| 42-12-30/3710 | Mantle?, plainweave, tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 38-10-30/1722 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3313 | Band, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 63-12-30/8449 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Pisco
| |
| 42-28-30/4496 | Headband, tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Vincha
| |
| 63-12-30/8443 | Band, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Pisco?
| |
| 10-12-30/76012 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Ancon
| |
| 42-12-30/3190 | Band, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Fortaleza
| |
| 42-12-30/3303 | Mantle, weft-patterned |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Ica Region
| |
| 42-12-30/3589 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Tiwanaku
| |
| 42-12-30/3375 | Band, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
|