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Object Number
46-77-30/10131
Display Title
Tunic, half?
Descriptions
Object Description
Half of tunic(?); bilaterally symmetrical design suggests the piece went over shoulder. Large stepped diamonds are brown cotton outlined with a double row of pink camelid blocks on yellow ground. Border at each end: Horizontal stripes flank row of waves in magenta, pink, gold, yellow camelid, tan cotton. Weft fringe of yellow camelid stitched along each weft selvage. Four selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (2s-plied), 8 epcm. Weft: (2s-plied).
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, red,brown diamond pattern, border and fringe at ends
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
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Peru
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Lima Region
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Barranca Province
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Fortaleza
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Paramonga
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast
Materials
Cotton, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 79 x 42 cm (31 1/8 x 16 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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