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Object Number
973-3-30/8860
Display Title
Border, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description
Border of slit tapestry depicting four large birds(?) in headdresses, gold, pink, white, black, on red ground (all camelid, z-2s, 34 epcm.). Narrow bands of weft-faced plainweave and extra weft-float patterning. Four selvage. Warp: brown cotton, (z-2s), 8 epcm. Along lower edge is stitched weft-fringe of red camelid (z-2s, 20 cm., length). Two fragments of brown cotton plainweave stitched along upper edge. Warp: (z-2s), 24 epcm. Weft: (z-pairs), 12 ppcm.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven textile fragment, repeating figurative design, striped, long frin
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Tiahuanaco?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ancash Region
/
Huarmey Province
/
Culebras
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 52.8 cm (12 5/8 x 20 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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Fabric
|
Peru
| |
| 47-63-30/5706 | Tunic?, plainweave; tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3710 | Mantle?, plainweave, tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 971-37-30/8850 | Border, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 14-38-30/85948 | Loincloth, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca
| |
| 42-12-30/3317 | Band, interlock tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 39-83-30/1866 | Border |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 47-63-30/5707A | Tunic?, warp-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 42-28-30/4437 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
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Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
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| |
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Woven Fiber
|
Ancon?
| |
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Woven Fiber
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