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Object Number 38-10-30/1715
Display Title Textile, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Panel; three bands of yellow stepped frets woven in slit tapestry on red ground. Small blue and green stepped angles used as fillers. Between fret bands are bands of yellow strips (0.6 cm., width) with slip between. Along bottom edge, identical strips hang free. At top warp ends are woven diagonally back into the piece; tabs appear to be cut. Two weft selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (z-2s), 6 epcm. Weft: camelid, (z-2s), 40 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, tab fringe, slit tapestry, interlocking stepped, scroll
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 23.5 x 45 cm (9 1/4 x 17 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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