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Object Number 42-12-30/3517
Display Title Textile, interlocked tapestry, probably bag
Descriptions
Object Description Textile fragment of fine single interlocked tapestry. Half has a design of interlocked "L"'s, the other half has 2 columns with alternating motifs: feline heads with divided tear eye, and double headed serpent with feline heads, possibly staff. One warp, one weft selvage. Weft: camelid, (2s-plied). Warp: white cotton, (2s-plied). Warp selvage cut and stitched back into the cloth.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, interlocked tapestry, multicolored, geometric, feline an
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle Horizon Huari
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast?
Dimensions Overall: 25.5 x 13 cm (10 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 42-12-30/3517
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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