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Object Number
36-120-30/1401.1
Display Title
Textile, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description
Textile, supplementary-weft patterned. Divided into 4 Horizontal panels (12.5 cm. height) separated by narrow bands of plainweave. Motifs are done in cotton weft over and under one alternate with camelid weft over and under 3 warps giving a tapestry effect. Each panel has Huari-derived motifs: 2 have large faces with Horizontally split eyes and wearing headdresses. At one side of the face is the top of a plant-like staff. The other two panels show a feline, in running posture and holding a staff. Two weft selvages.
Classification
- Fabric
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Tiahuanaco?
- Late Nazca?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province
/
Las Trancas
Additional Geographic Terms
South coast
Dimensions
Overall: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42-28-30/4485 | Tunic |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/9124 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 46-77-30/9071 | Textile, tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 41-52-30/3089 | Tunic, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 41-52-30/3090 | Tunic, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/9516 | Textile, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 87-61-30/54463 | Textile panel, slit tapestry |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Ancon
| |
| 63-12-30/8438 | Textile, supplementary weft |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Pisco?
| |
| 47-63-30/5707A | Tunic?, warp-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 36-120-30/1401 | Piece of textile-panel, 71/2"x25", plain weave and tapestry embroidery |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/10360 | Organic, textile, tapestry fragments, geometric and anthropomorphic motifs |
Fabric
|
Peru
| |
| 979-17-30/10108 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
|