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Object Number
36-65-30/1419
Display Title
Tunic?
Descriptions
Object Description
Tunic(?); warp-faced 1-1 plainweave with stripes and barred stripes of natural, tan, brown, dark brown, and a few narrow stripes of red, yellow, green camelid (all z-2s, 24 epcm.). Two widths seamed together; seams overcast with tan camelid. Three weft selvages. Weft: dark brown and white camelid plied together, (z-2s). Original catalog: possibly a poncho of llama wool.
Inventory Description
Organic, textile fragment, brown, tan, stripes, badly torn
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Atacama
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Chile
Intrasite
Grave
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Loa, Bank of; Chiu Chiu, ca 5 m NW of; Rio Loa and Rio Sal, near juncture of
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 71 x 55 cm (27 15/16 x 21 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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