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Object Number
46-77-30/7360
Display Title
Stepped corner, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description
Brocade fragment - corner of a shawl bird and jaguar figures; interlock weft pattern: Stepped corner of white cotton plainweave cloth (2s-plied?) with checkerboard design of felines(?) done with extra weft floats in dark brown camelid (2s-plied). Wefts float over 6/under 2 in alternating alignment. In dark squares, ground covered by floats, felines mainly white. In light squares, felines dark brown camelid, ground white with vertical stripes of weft floats, with wefts over 2/under 2 (due to alternating alignment of the 6 span flaots.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven textile, stepped edge, alternating squares, bird motif, border
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Middle horizon
- Huari?
- Nazca
- Late Coastal
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province
/
Loma Huelo
Additional Geographic Terms
Peru, South coast; Nazca
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 38.1 x 39 cm (15 x 15 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-77-30/7369 | Mantle, supplementary weft |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Loma Huelo
| |
| 41-52-30/3058 | Tunic, child's, weft pattern |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 46-77-30/9705 | Band, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Huacan
Hacienda Humaya? | |
| 46-77-30/7655 | Tunic?, supplementary weft |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 42-12-30/3235 | Mantle, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Huaura Province
| |
| 46-77-30/7390 | Stepped corner, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/9582 | Headband?, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 46-53-30/5461 | Textile, weft-patterned with plant and bird designs |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/7668 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3186 | Mantle?, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Fortaleza
| |
| 42-12-30/3515B | Tunic, warp-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/9624 | Tunic, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
|