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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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