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Object Number 63-12-30/8449
Display Title Border, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Slit tapestry border with five repeats of profile bird done in tan on gold ground. Above and below, bands of stepped frets in red and pink, and bands of weft-faced plainweave in dark brown, pink, gold. Across bottom are dark brown tabs (8 emc., length). Two warp, two weft selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (z-2s), 7.5 epcm. Weft: camelid, (z-2s), 25 epcm.; white cotton, (z-2s), 25 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile border, gold, row of birds, red, brown stripes, ta
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Pisco Province / Pisco
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Paracas?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 51 cm (10 1/4 x 20 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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