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Object Number 46-77-30/9664
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 face, plainweave ground, embroidered facial features,fringed edge
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Camelid
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 15 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/9664

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