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Object Number 09-43-30/76004
Display Title Fringe
Descriptions
Object Description Tufts of red camelid, folded over, then wrapped and lashed together in a row by a yellow-red-dark red camelid yarn. It appears that the tufts were originally yellow, and the yarns yellow-brown plied together (z-2s). The whole was then dyed red, but not completely.
Inventory Description Organic, fiber, fringe fragment, red
Classification
  • Fiber
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Chile / Atacama
Intrasite Grave
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Loa; Atacama; Burial ground at Atacama, Atacama, on desert of
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 6 x 1.5 cm (2 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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