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Object Number 46-77-30/10506A
Display Title Band, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description One of two ends cut from a plainweave band of cotton colored with reddish pigment. Ends are woven in slit tapestry with spaced dovetailing. Design: stepped diagonals in turquoise, yellow, purple, lavender, green, white, yellow camelid on magenta ground (wefts all 2z-plied, 28 epcm.). Ends divided into four tabs, each ending in a long magenta tassel. Two weft selvages. Warp: cotton, (2s-plied), 12 epcm. Weft: cotton, (z); (z-pairs), 7 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, tab fringe, multicolored, stepped, figurative, red fring
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chimu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ancash Region / Casma Province / Casma / Buena Vista
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 31.5 x 5.5 cm (12 3/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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