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Object Number 80-61-30/24065C
Display Title Organic, textile, woven 4-stepped corner, zoomorphic designs
Descriptions
Object Description Four stepped corner in slit tapestry (2 warp, 2 weft selvages) with profile birds wearing feathered headdresses. A slit tapestry border (1.8 cm) with profile flying birds separates rows of profile birds. Wide supplementary weft patterned border on long warp selvage is rolled and sewn. Fragments of cotton 1-2 plainweave sewn to stepped edge. Warp: camelid, (z-2s), 9 epcm. Weft: camelid, cotton, (z-2s), 46 epcm. Plainweave: Warp: cotton, (z); Weft: cotton, (z), 10 ppcm.
Inventory Description Organic, textile, woven 4-stepped corner, zoomorphic designs
Classification
  • Fabric
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Intrasite Grave
Additional Geographic Terms Coast
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 17.5 cm (7 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 24065

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