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Object Number 38-10-30/1723
Display Title Band, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Band (6 cm., width) divided into blocks of magenta, yellow, gold, tan, brown camelids, white cotton (z-2s, 40 epcm.). Each block contains repeat of profile bird w/head plume in slit tapestry using same yarns. Color arrangement varies w/each repeat. Along one side a magenta camelid fringe stitched to an open plainweave cotton cloth. Band coarsely stitched along edge of this cloth which has since been cut away. At one end warp selvage turned under. Warp: brown cotton, (z-2s), 9 epcm
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber band, multicolored squares with figurative designs, fringed
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 8.6 cm (10 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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