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Object Number 46-77-30/9452
Display Title Tunic, tapestry, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Tunic panel of fine slit tapestry with diagonal rows of interlocked birds; direction of diagonals reverses at intervals; color areas generally outlined by eccentric wefts of contrasting color: four diamonds aligned Horizontally with inset bird(?) occurs at each direction change of diagonals. Wefts dark brown, tan, red, two pinks, yellow camelid (z-2s, z). Warps tan camelid (s-2z); four warps wide, joined to panel with interlocking wefts from main panel and band at (0.4 cm.) intervals. Neck slit (23 cm.) at center of panel, outlined with similar narrow band of dark brown camelid and has inter
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, tunic, slit neck diagonal rows of birds, multicolored
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late horizon
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaral Province / Chancay / Huaral
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 128 x 26 cm (50 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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