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Object Number 42-12-30/3513
Display Title Stepped corner, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Stepped corner with serrated interlocking ray designs woven in purple, blue, yellow with red outlining. Weave: slit tapestry with camelid wefts (z-2s, 36 epcm.) and cotton warps (z-2s, 6 epcm.). Tapestry forms a corner of a brown cotton plainweave cloth, now cut away. One warp, one weft selvage.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, diagonal stepped corner, striped border
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Central Coast?
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; South coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 20 cm (8 11/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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