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Object Number 46-77-30/9700
Display Title Band, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Slit tapestry band with repeating bird design; yellow camelid ground with dark brown and red birds. Narrow slit tapestry strip sewn along one weft selvage; desing is repeating wave motif in dark brown, red, pink, on yellow camelid (all 2s-plied). One warp, two weft selvages. Warp: cotton, (s-2s). Weft: camelid, (2s-plied).
Inventory Description Organic, textile fragment, repeating bird motif, multicolored, wave border
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho / Hacienda Humaya
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huacho, inland from
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 78.5 x 15.5 cm (30 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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