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Object Number 75-20-30/8815
Display Title Band
Descriptions
Object Description Slit tapestry band with repeats of figure standing on what resembles a 3-wheeled cart and holding a staff(?). Ground color is alternately magenta and tan. Figure is tan, purple, camelid (z-2s), and white cotton (z-2s). Between repeats of the figure are bands of weft-faced plainweave in yellow, tan, and gold camelid, and white cotton. One warp, two weft selvages. Warp: white cotton, (z-2s), 10 epcm. Weft: camelid, cotton, (z-2s).
Inventory Description Organic, woven band, slit tapestry, effigy motif, red, gold and tan, toen
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Ancon
Additional Geographic Terms Chillon Valley
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 208 x 4.6 cm (81 7/8 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75-20-30/8815

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