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Object Number 46-77-30/9575
Display Title Textile, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Slit tapestry with eccentric weft outlining. Design: interlocking serpents in blue, red, pink, gold, yellow camelid (2s-plied) on brown cotton warps (2s-plied). Tapestry section bordered above and below by weft-faced stripes and beyond there is a very loose plainweave with brown cotton weft (2s-plied). Two weft selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, tapestry section, top, bottom border of loosely woven brow
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 91 x 22.5 cm (35 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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