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Object Number 22-41-30/F412
Display Title Tunic, child's
Descriptions
Object Description Tunic of warp-faced plainweave medium brown camelid. Along lower edge a row of paired motifs(?) embroidered in soft rose, turquoise, cream, dark brown camelid (z-2s). Covering center and side seams. The same motifs worked as supplementary weft weave moving over and under 8 warps. Arm and neck openings embroidered (now very worn). Warp: med. brown camelid, (z-2s), 22 epcm. Weft: med. brown camelid, (z-2s), 7 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, tunic, brown plainweave, embroidered design, fringe
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Intermediate period
  • Nazca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Pachacamac / Pachacamac?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 56 x 65 cm (22 1/16 x 25 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. Julio C. Tello
Owner Dr. Henry S. Forbes (1921-1922)
Donor Donated by Dr. Henry S. Forbes (1922)

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