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Object Number
16-5-30/86952
Display Title
Shroud, painted
Descriptions
Object Description
Shroud made of 4-selvaged, warp-striped painted panels, (w: 37-42 cm.) seamed along side selvages w/zigzag stitch of white cotton. Outer edges finished attached fringed border white cotton plied yarns. Striped panels 2-1 & 1-1 loosely woven plainweave, blue, white, & tan warp stripes. Panels coarse 2-1 plainweave white cotton painted w/dark brown pigment. At top & bottom horiz. band w/Chimu style feather fans(?). Rest divided 3 lg. squares w/check or spiral. Warp & weft: s-spun.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, brown painted circular, painted designs
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Piura Region
/
Huancabamba Province
/
<City>
/
El Burro Hill
/
Incasic Cave
Intrasite
Mummy wrapping
Additional Geographic Terms
Northern highlands
Materials
Fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 92.4 x 55 cm (36 3/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Julio C. Tello
(1916 - 1916)
Expedition
Harvard Peruvian Expedition
(1916 - 1916)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-5-30/86952.1 | Shroud, painted |
Raw Material
Woven fiber |
El Burro Hill
| |
| 16-5-30/86945 | Shroud, painted |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Incasic Cave
| |
| 16-5-30/86965 | Shroud, warp-striped |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Incasic Cave
| |
| 46-77-30/6649B | Shroud?, tie-dyed, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Zapallan
| |
| 46-77-30/10465 | Shroud, deflected warp |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Vista Alegre
| |
| 16-5-30/86953 | Textile, painted |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Incasic Cave
| |
| 47-63-30/5704 | Shroud?, warp-striped |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 16-5-30/86930 | Shroud, warp-striped |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Incasic Cave
| |
| 16-5-30/86951 | Shroud, painted |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Incasic Cave
| |
| 80-61-30/24000D | Shroud, warp-striped |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Ancon
| |
| 46-77-30/8999 | Border, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 96-26-30/54895 | Mantle?, warp-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Ancon?
|