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Object Number 46-77-30/9624
Display Title Tunic, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Tunic fragment; plainweave dark brown cotton with large-scale figure (monkey?) woven with supplementary weft floatss of tan cotton and dark brown camelid. Supplementary wefts cover surface in 9-span floats, alternating alignment. Across the bottom, row of small birds in the same technique, and four bands of tan cotton weft-faced plainweave on tripled warps. Separately woven weft fringe of tan cotton. Piece padded with unspun cotton and lined with loose plainweave (warp: s; weft: z). One warp, one weft selvage. Warp: dark brown cotton, (2s-plied). Weft: dark brown cotton, (z).
Inventory Description Organic, textile fragment, brown plainweave, tan embroidered bird motif
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Central Coast?
  • Late Intermediate period
  • North Coastal?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / <City> / Vilcoshuara
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 44 x 29.5 cm (17 5/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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