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Object Number 46-77-30/8986
Display Title Textile, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Three slit tapestry textile fragments with occasional single dovetailing. Red, yellow, blue, green, black tapestry design seems to represent 2-headed abstract figure with four floating appendages. All warps cottton, all wefts camelid.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile fragments, slit tapestry, geometric design
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
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 16 cm (7 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/8986

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Woven Fiber
Nazca Province
Border, slit tapestry
46-77-30/9092 Border, slit tapestry
Woven Fiber
Huacho
Headband?, slit tapestry
46-77-30/7783 Headband?, slit tapestry
Woven Fiber
Peru
Band, slit tapestry
46-77-30/8984 Band, slit tapestry
Woven Fiber
Hacienda Humaya
Border, slit tapestry
46-77-30/9096 Border, slit tapestry
Woven Fiber
Huacho
Headdress, slit tapestry
46-77-30/10111 Headdress, slit tapestry
Woven Fiber
Acos
Textile, slit tapestry
46-77-30/9114 Textile, slit tapestry
Woven Fiber
Huacho
Border, slit tapestry
46-77-30/9061 Border, slit tapestry
Woven Fiber
Huacho
Border, slit tapestry
46-77-30/9084 Border, slit tapestry
Woven Fiber
Huacho
Turban?, slit tapestry
46-77-30/9078 Turban?, slit tapestry
Woven Fiber
Huacho
Textile, slit tapestry
46-77-30/9113 Textile, slit tapestry
Woven Fiber
Huacho
Woven tapestry on a cane.
46-77-30/10599 Woven tapestry on a cane.
Woven Fiber
Raw Material
South America