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Bag?, slit tapestry
Image Not Available for Bag?, slit tapestry
Object Number 46-77-30/11023
Display Title Bag?, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Bag(?); two bands (5.5 cm., width) of opposed stepped blocks, white, tan, yellow, on red ground, woven in slit tapestry. Flanking these are narrow bands of weft-faced plainweave, tan, yellow, red. One warp selvage covered with narrow band of slit tapestry, black with pink, yellow, white crosses, folded over edge and stitched. Folded in half, parallel to warp, crudely stitched up one side to make bag(?). One warp, one weft selvage. Warp: brown cotton, (2s-plied), 13 epcm. Weft: camelid, (z), 60 epcm.; white cotton, (z).
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber fragment, red, brown, striped, scroll, stepped design
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Coastal
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Lima / Vista Alegre
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Lima, near
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 26.5 x 23 cm (10 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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