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Object Number 46-77-30/6277
Display Title Textile, tapestry, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Cotton textile fragment with designs of yellow, blue and tan on it: Tapestry fragment; tree(?) in lattice form with leaves. Branches end in serpent heads, small birds perch atop tree, two large birds near base. Slit tapestry with single warp outlining. Design reverses itself along shoulder line(?). One weft selvage. Warp: white cotton, (2z-plied). Weft: white, two shades of blue cotton, (2s-plied); red, yellow, two shades of green, dark brown camelid, (2s-plied).
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, multicolored figurative images, backed
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late horizon
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho / Hacienda Humaya
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huara Valley; Huacho, inland from
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 11.3 cm (9 7/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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