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Object Number
42-12-30/3754
Display Title
Textile, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description
Textile portion: weft-faced plainweave w/red camelid weft (z, 50 epcm.) on paired brown cotton warp (z-pairs, 8 epcm.). Across center, row of contiguous blocks: light green, purple, blue, red, containing Huari Deity in double-serpent headdress. Supplementary weft imitating slit tapestry but w/cotton (z-2s) ground weft after every 3rd supplementary weft. 2 widths joined along weft selvage w/sloppy sadlers stitch in red camelid. 2nd width motif bird?, only part of one repeat remains.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, multicolored block band with figures on red plainweave
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Middle horizon
- Huari
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
/
Huaura Province
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast; Huacho, Site north of
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 48 x 16 cm (18 7/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63-12-30/8426 | Mantle, tapestry, fragment |
Woven Fiber
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Nazca Province
| |
| 42-12-30/3589 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Tiwanaku
| |
|
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for Bag?, slit tapestry
| 46-77-30/11023 | Bag?, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Vista Alegre
| |
| 42-12-30/3191 | Border, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Fortaleza
| |
| 42-12-30/3308 | Textile, scaffold |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 38-10-30/1723 | Band, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 42-28-30/4496 | Headband, tapestry |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Vincha
| |
| 46-77-30/8999 | Border, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 38-10-30/1714 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho?
| |
| 42-28-30/4497 | Headband, tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Vincha
| |
| 42-28-30/4862 | Mantle, weft-patterned |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Huacho
| |
| 42-12-30/3196 | Textile, shaped, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Fortaleza
|