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Object Number 42-12-30/3762
Display Title Textile, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Textile fragment; three motifs fill piece: face with drooping headdress and rayed tongue(?), three profile faces(?), an abstract rayed figure. Motifs: red, blue, yellow, outlined in dark brown on gold ground. Supplementary camelid wefts cover surface in 5-span alternated alignment, resembling slit tapestry weave. One weft selvage. Warp: brown cotton, (z), 9 epcm. Weft (foundation): brown cotton, (z), 16 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber textile, blue, red, brown figurative design, plainweave
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Nazca
  • Huari?
  • Middle horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms South coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 8.5 cm (3 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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