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Object Number 42-12-30/3519
Display Title Band, interlock tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Band of red camelid with four repeats of a frontal figure with "court jester" headdress holding a staff/snake in each hand. Head in figure omitted. Figures: blue, purple, green, gold, white on red ground. Two warp, two weft selvages. Warp: white cotton, (s-2z), 10 epcm. Weft: camelid, (z-2s), 38 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, band, multicolored figurative design
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Huari
  • Middle horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms South Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 48 x 9.2 cm (18 7/8 x 3 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Alfred M. Tozzer and Donald Scott, 1942
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1941-1942 - 1942)
Donor Mr. Donald C. Scott (1942 - 1942)
Donor Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (1942 - 1942)

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