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Object Number
46-77-30/9687
Display Title
Tunic, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description
Tunic fragment of interlocked tapestry. Design: two columns with motifs of split faces, animal and bird heads, and plants (corn?). Weft joins are single interlock between warps and dovetailing around a single warp. Two warp, one weft selvage. Warp selvages have remains of seam, magenta and yellow camelid. One warp selvage chained (on same side as narrow column), other has cut warp ends woven back into the fabric. ddWarp: brown and white mixed cotton, (2s-plied); brown camelid, (2s-plied), 13.4 epcm. Weft: gold, tan, white, dark red, pink, pale pink, black, 36 epcm.
Inventory Description
Organic, textile fragment, mulitoclored figurative design, interlocking, brown
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Middle horizon
- Huari
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: 55.5 x 48 cm (21 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-77-30/10228 | Tunic, tapestry, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Mala
| |
| 41-52-30/3090 | Tunic, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/10366 | Tunic?, border |
Woven Fiber
|
Culebras-Huarmey
| |
| 46-77-30/7684 | Tunic, panel, tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 42-12-30/3522 | Tunic, interlocked tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/10276 | Tunic, interlocked tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Vista Alegre
| |
| 42-12-30/3758 | Tunic, discontinuous warp/weft |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Nazca Province?
| |
| 46-77-30/10131 | Tunic, half? |
Woven Fiber
|
Paramonga
| |
| 46-77-30/7682 | Textile, tapestry, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7716 | Tunic |
Woven Fiber
|
Cahuachi
| |
| 42-12-30/3753 | Textile, tapestry, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province?
| |
| 46-77-30/10460 | Tunic, half |
Woven Fiber
|
Vista Alegre
|