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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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Woven Fiber
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Huacho?
| |
| 46-77-30/9668 | Band, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Humaya
| |
| 46-77-30/10401 | Tunic, slit tapestry |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
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| |
| 46-77-30/10282 | Border, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Vista Alegre
| |
| 46-77-30/9627 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/8956 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Sayan
| |
| 46-77-30/9698 | Textile, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Humaya
| |
| 46-77-30/9749 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3504 | Textile, tapestry, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/10132 | Bag, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Paramonga
| |
| 46-77-30/10379 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/9747 | Band, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Peru
|