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Object Number
46-77-30/9127
Display Title
Textile, painted
Descriptions
Object Description
Hanging; two pieces of heavy plainweave (warp, weft: 2s-plied) seamed together along weft selvages. In center, standing figure with elaborate headdress, holding staff in each hand. At either side, rampant jaguar in same headdress. Two sky serpents arch overhead. Paints: ochre, tan, brown, black mud-like (?) substance applied to surface. Four selvages.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven textile, white cotton plainweave, painted design
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Coastal Huari
- Middle horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
/
Huaura Province?
/
<City>
/
Huacho?
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast
Materials
Cotton, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 156 x 107 cm (61 7/16 x 42 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
46-77-30/9127
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
(1940-1944 - 1946)
Donor
Mr. Donald C. Scott
(1946)
Donor
Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer
(1946)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-77-30/7369 | Mantle, supplementary weft |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Loma Huelo
| |
| 42-12-30/3503 | Bag, double cloth |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/9516 | Textile, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/7388 | Bag, warp-striped |
Woven Fiber
|
El Cemetario
| |
| 42-28-30/4352 | Organic, coven cylinder tapestry depicting anthropomorphic figures, damaged |
Woven Fiber
|
Moche
| |
| 46-77-30/10137 | Shroud, warp-striped |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Vista Alegre
| |
| 46-77-30/10222 | Shroud, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Vista Alegre
| |
| 46-77-30/9575 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/9518 | Cushion |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/9676 | Loincloth?, tapestry, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province?
| |
| 46-77-30/10360 | Organic, textile, tapestry fragments, geometric and anthropomorphic motifs |
Fabric
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/7674 | Band, twill, warp-patterned |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Nazca Province
|