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Object Number
42-12-30/3510
Display Title
Textile, slit tapestry, depicts Chancay monkey figure
Descriptions
Object Description
Cloth: 3 loom widths seamed together, each with repeated squares (30x30 cm.) depicting a monkey(?) with long elaborate tail. Tail and body composed of serpents; weave is slit tapestry. Animals: pink, gold camelid, brown, white cotton; dark brown ground. One warp, five weft selvages. Warp: white cotton, (z-2s), 9 epcm. Weft: brown cotton, (z-2s), 35-45 epcm.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, split, multicolored bird, animal motif
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 83.5 x 57.7 cm (32 7/8 x 22 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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