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Object Number 63-12-30/8426
Display Title Mantle, tapestry, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Band (10.8 cm., width) with two repeats of Oculate Being with headdress and protruding tongue. Slit tapestry in red, purple, gold, yellow, blue-green camelid, white cotton wefts (z-2s, 32 epcm.), warp: white, brown cotton, (z-2s), 6 epcm. Black camelid outlining completely rotted out. Stitched to plainweave strip (8 cm., width), warp-faced with warp stripes of red, gold, black (gone) (z-2s, 25 epcm.). Weft: mixed red and yellow camelid, (z), 7 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven mantle, slit tapestry, fragmentary, geometric motif
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Nazca Y
  • Early Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca, Yca area
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 19 cm (8 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63-12-30/8426

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