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Tunic?, fragment
Object Number 46-77-30/9563
Display Title Tunic?, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Tunic(?) fragment; two loom widths (34 cm.) seamed together; ground cloth open plainweave brown cotton (s). Four large goatsuckers span whole cloth, done with discontinuous supplementary wefts in 5-span floats with alternating alignment. red, pink, yellow, beige, brown camelid (2s-plied) float mainly on surface, covering it completely, though each bird is surrounded by transparent plainweave. Below, border with weft-faced bands of solid colors, flanking a band of supplementary weft patterning; woven on same warps as plainweave section. At bottom, separately woven band of slit tapestry with
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, multicolored bird motif, yellow fringe
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / <City> / Vilcoshuara
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 66.1 x 43 cm (26 x 16 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
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Tunic?, supplementary weft
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Woven Fiber
Nazca Province
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Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
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