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Object Number 15-41-30/86882
Display Title Organic, textile, tapestry fragment, zoomorphic geometric designs
Descriptions
Object Description Slit tapestry textile portion, decorated with rows of whales(?)with small fish inside, spaced on a ground full of small figures--birds and marine forms. Birds and animals are yellow, white and pink, outlined in dark brown on a magenta ground. Across the bottom is a border of serrated forms between narrow bands of weft-faced plainweave. Stitched at lower edge a separately woven narrow band with wave motif. Warp: white cotton, (z-2s), 10 epcm. Weft: camelid, cotton, (z-2s), 34 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, tapestry fragment, zoomorphic geometric designs, torn
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Ancon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Rimac / Nana
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 52 x 44 cm (20 1/2 x 17 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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