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Object Number 46-77-30/9103
Display Title Band, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Band; variegated brown and white cotton warps (z spun, s-plied, z respun), woven in center with slit tapestry (6 cm.). Stepped pyramid and T-shape woven in magenta camelid on yellow camelid ground (2s-plied). At each end, three narrow bands of magenta-yellow-magenta weft-faced plainweave. Piece has remains of dark brown and white camelid wefts in unwoven areas, perhaps originally entirely woven. Four selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven band, slit tapestry, stepped pyramis and t-shaped design
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
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 4.5 cm (9 7/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/9103

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