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Object Number
46-77-30/9056
Display Title
Tunic?, panel, embroidered
Descriptions
Object Description
Tunic panel(?); long piece of dark brown cotton (2s-plied) plainweave folded in half, seamed up one side, leaving an armhole(?) (8 cm.). Embroidered in chain stitch with spaced repeats of an animal holding staff; animal has three long points, like wings, on its back and long white-tipped horn(?) on its head. Along neck opening and down center seam are seamed separately woven strips, (2 cm., width), of dark brown and white plainweave. Perhaps a mantle, then remodelled. Two weft selvages.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven tunic fragment, brown plainweave, embroidered animal motif
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Horizon?
- Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
/
Huaura Province
/
Huacho
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast; Huara Valley
Materials
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 244 x 31 cm (96 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
46-77-30/9056
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42-12-30/3344 | Tunic, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Acari
| |
| 14-38-30/85947 | Tunic, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca
| |
| 42-12-30/3757 | Tunic |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 41-52-30/3058 | Tunic, child's, weft pattern |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 60-36-30/8192 | Tunic, child's |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 42-12-30/3699 | Tunic |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Huaura Province
| |
| 46-77-30/8994 | Tunic, child's |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 42-12-30/3696 | Tunic |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 46-77-30/10223 | Tunic, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Vista Alegre
| |
| 46-77-30/9251 | Tunic, child's |
Woven Fiber
|
La Capilla
| |
| 46-77-30/9566 | Tunic, feathered |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 48-37-30/7187 | Tunic, short |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
|