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Object Number 15-41-30/86881
Display Title Waistband from tunic, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Waistband from a tunic. Two repeats of a standing Huari god in elaborate head-dress woven with discontinuous complementary camelid wefts, red on white, dark blue on brown; reversible weave. Above and below are bands of red camelid weft-faced plainweave on paired warps of blue cotton. One weft selvage. Warp: blue cotton, (2z-2s), 8 ppcm. Weft: camelid, (z-2s); red camelid, (z).
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, blue, brown, white central design, figu
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle horizon
  • Huari
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ayacucho Region / Lucanas Province / Chavina
Intrasite Prehistoric grave
Additional Geographic Terms South coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 19.5 cm (7 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. Julio C. Tello (1915)
Seller Dr. Julio C. Tello (1915)

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