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Object Number
46-77-30/9676
Display Title
Loincloth?, tapestry, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description
Fragment of loincloth(?); plainweave beige cotton with three successive slit tapestry borders, with tabs. Interlocking "serpents" made up of zigzag diagonals form design. Colors: purple, green, blue, yellow camelid with red oulining (all 2s-plied). Each border woven on a portion of the warps, separated from the remaining ones, which continue as plainweave. Third border utilizes the last warps. Seem from the front the three borders hand free, overlapping slightly and concealing the plainweave ground. One warp, two weft selvages. Warp, weft: beige cotton, (s).
Inventory Description
Organic, textile fragment, tab fringe, multicolored sepent and zigzag designs
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Intermediate Period?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province?
Additional Geographic Terms
Peru, South coast?
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 42.5 x 30 cm (16 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42-12-30/3571 | Stepped corner, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3556 | Loincloth, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3263 | Miniature loincloth |
Woven Fiber
|
Casma
Huacho? | |
| 979-17-30/10098 | Loincloth, child, warp-striped |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 63-12-30/8439A | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Pisco?
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Border, slit tapestry
| 10-12-10/76013 | Border, slit tapestry |
Fabric
|
Ancon
| |
| 46-81-30/5516 | Loincloth, warp/weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Majes
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Border, weft-patterned
| 42-12-30/3712B | Border, weft-patterned |
Fabric
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 46-77-30/9453 | Mantle, open plainweave |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-81-30/5517 | Loincloth, composite |
Woven Fiber
|
Majes
| |
| 75-20-30/8822 | Loincloth, warp-striped |
Woven Fiber
|
Ancon
| |
| 46-77-30/9106 | Loincloth, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
|