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Object Number 42-12-30/3765
Display Title Textile, tapestry, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Tapestry fragment: branching plant(?) figure woven in slit tapestry with camelid wefts, red, green, yellow, with dark blue outlining (z-2s, 30 epcm.), on thick replied warps of tan camelid (N, 3.5 epcm.). Warp loops present, but weaving incomplete. Two warp, one weft selvage.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber fragment, multicolored interlocking design, fringed
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Huari?
  • Late Nazca
  • Middle horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms South coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 5.5 cm (7 1/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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