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Object Number 46-77-30/10127
Display Title Apron?, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Apron(?); panel has four bands of stepped diagonal-wave motifs woven in yellow and ochre with red warp-wrapped outlining. Between patterned bands, bands of weft-faced plainweave with yellow, ochre, red vertical (weft) stripes. Panel attached to waistband along one weft selvage (warps Horizontal). Waistband: 1-1 warp-faced plainweave white cotton (2s-plied), folded in half; weft selvages attached to panel. Band more loosely woven where it attaches to panel. Four selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (2s-plied), 5 epcm. Weft: camelid, (2s-plied), 32 epcm. 258 x 4 cm. (folded; ties)
Inventory Description Organic, textile, apron, yellow, red, striped, slit tapestry, long woven ties
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Coastal
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 59 x 93 cm (23 1/4 x 36 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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