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Object Number 42-12-30/3521
Display Title Organic, textile, tapestry borders with geometric designs
Descriptions
Object Description Two corners, 4 incomplete sides of border, surrounding diamonds in weft-faced plainweave, spaced on open warps. Borders: row of "feathers" along outer edge, two sides; row of 3-branch plants on inner edge. Other 2 sides: fish-like motifs. Warp: white cotton, (s-2z), 10 epcm. Weft: purple, blue-green, gold, white camelid on red ground, (z-2s), 38 epcm. Openwork portion: warp: cotton, (s-2z), 6 epcm.; weft: gold, blue, purple, camelid, (z-2s); white cotton, (z), (z-pairs).
Inventory Description Organic, textile, tapestry borders with geometric designs
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Tiwanaku?
  • Tiahuanaco?
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Nazca?
  • Huari?
  • Middle horizon
  • Chimu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / La Libertad Region / Pacasmayo Province / Jequetepeque?
Additional Geographic Terms North coast?; Central Coast?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 80 x 56 cm (31 1/2 x 22 1/16 in.)
Quantity 2

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