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Object Number 46-77-30/10366
Display Title Tunic?, border
Descriptions
Object Description Border from tunic(?); 1-1 plainweave brown cotton with slit tapestry border. Diagonal rows of monkeys(?); yellow, brown, purple, dark blue, pink camelid and pale green cotton, outlined in contrasting eccentric wefts on magenta ground. Above, below are multicolored zigzag bands. Separately woven red camelid weft fringe stitched along bottom edge. One warp, two weft selvages. Plainweave: warp: brown cotton, (2s-plied), 14 epcm.; weft: brown cotton, (2s-plied), 11 epcm. Tapestry: warp: brown cotton, (2s-plied), 7 epcm.; weft: (2s-plied), 32 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, diagonal stepped motif, stripes, fringe
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Coastal
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ancash Region / Huarmey Province / Culebras-Huarmey
Additional Geographic Terms North Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 61.5 x 29 cm (24 3/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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