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Object Number 46-77-30/7359
Display Title Headband, interlock tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Cotton & wool tapestry - 1) Kelim with mythological animal figures; 2) interlocked weft pattern, bird pattern. Sewn together as head band?: Headband made of tapestry band lined with extra weft-patterned band. Outer band has rectangular motif of double cat heads, repeated at intervals. Band has red camelid weft, motifs use white, black, green camelid (all 2s-plied). Inner band has extra weft pattern of diamond design with birds, in red, dark blue, blue, gold, white. Bands joined along side selvage. Two weft selvages. Warp: white cotton, (2z-plied).
Inventory Description Organic, woven headband, interlock tapestry, polychrome animal and bird motif on
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle horizon
  • Huari
  • Inca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province / Loma Huelo
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca
Materials Cotton, Wool
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 4.1 cm (10 1/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/7359

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