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Object Number 46-77-30/10513
Display Title Band, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Band; row of stepped diamonds with hooks extending at the sides and a cross-like motif in center (marine motif?). Diamonds are yellow on magenta and lavender ground. Along each side is stitched the remains of a white cotton plainweave cloth. Band was probably a border. Two weft selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (2s-plied), 9 epcm. Weft: camelid, (2s-plied), 26 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven band, slit tapestry, stepped diamond with hook motif, polychrome
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Coastal
  • Colonial South American styles
  • Late horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Pachacamac / Pachacamac
Dimensions Overall: 49 x 5.2 cm (19 5/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/10513

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