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Tab, embroidered
Object Number 46-77-30/9663
Display Title Tab, embroidered
Descriptions
Object Description Tab: plainweave ground of natural brown cotton completely covered with embroidery in cross-knit loop stitch. Along tab are four repeats of design based on the ray, done alternately in blue-green on red and yellow on red (all 2s-plied). Tab ends in circle surrounded by short yellow camelid fringe. Circle divided into quadrants of dark brown, pink, yellow, and embroidered to represent face, perhaps the sun. Warp, weft: natural brown cotton, (2s-plied).
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, band, red, yellow, blue pattern, circular fringed face at
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 32.5 x 8 cm (12 13/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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