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Object Number 46-77-30/9673
Display Title Border, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Fragment of border composed of three strips woven in slit tapestry and seamed together. Main strip: two repeating figures, head with elaborate headdress and a pair of monkeys on a structure of some sort, done in gold, yellow, red-violet, dark brown, tan, pink camelid, on red camelid ground (all 2s-plied). Secondary border: repeating bird motif; third border has narrow pink (2s-plied) edge. No warp selvages, all weft. Warp throughout is cotton.
Inventory Description Organic, border fragment, multicolored figurative designs, monkeys, birds
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho / Hacienda Humaya
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huacho, inland from
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 7 cm (11 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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