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Object Number 42-12-30/3344
Display Title Tunic, embroidered
Descriptions
Object Description Tunic of dark brown camelid plainweave, two webs seamed together leaving neck opening. Across bottom a row of abstract animals: white outlined in dark brown on red ground, embroidered in camelid yarns (z-2s) stem-stitched. Same figure is worked in tapestry on multiple warps up the sides and center seams. Warp ends form long fringe across bottom. Yellow camelid fringe attached at shoulders. Warp; dark brown camelid, (z-2s), 20 epcm. Weft: dark brown camelid, (z-2s), 7 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, tunic, dark brown, figurative red borders, fringe, slit ne
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Nazca
  • Middle horizon
  • Huari?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Arequipa Region / Caraveli Province / Acari
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Chavina
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 53.5 x 102 cm (21 1/16 x 40 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1941-1942)
Donor Donated by Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (1942)
Donor Donated by Mr. Donald C. Scott (1942)

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