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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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