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Object Number 42-12-30/3504
Display Title Textile, tapestry, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion in slit tapestry: two black birds, (27 cm., height), in profile, holding trophy heads in their beaks. Motifs are black, magenta, yellow camelid (2s-plied) on white cotton ground. One warp, two weft selvages. Warp: white cotton, (2s plied). On three sides is a border of small birds, black and white on a magenta ground.
Inventory Description Organic, textile, red border, 2 figurative designs with heads
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Central Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 56.6 x 35.5 cm (22 5/16 x 14 in.)
Quantity 1

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