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Object Number 46-77-30/7362
Display Title Mantle, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Brocade shawl - cotton & wool; bird and butterfly design on corners heading woven to the ends: Mantle of cotton plainweave (2s-plied) with stepped design in each corner: diamond lattices containing birds and animals woven in discontinuous supplementary wefts of red or black camelid (2s-plied). Across ends, broad bands of weft-faced plainweave in red camelid, flanking band with birds woven in discontinous complementary weft weave in blue, black, orange, red camelid. Four selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven mantle, plainweave, bird motif, weft-patterned, striped border
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Nazca
  • Huari?
  • Middle horizon
  • Late Coastal
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province / Loma Huelo
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 142 x 124 cm (55 7/8 x 48 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
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