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Textile, tapestry, fragment
Textile, tapestry, fragment
Object Number 37-92-30/1731
Display Title Textile, tapestry, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion; eccentric tapestry with design of serrated diagonals and "eyes". Warps used paired in slip tapestry section, single for section of 1-1 plainweave with supplementary weft float pattern. Design: interlocking bird in the tapestry portion, cat motif in the supp. weft. Weft: red, red-brown, dark blue camelid, (z-2s); supplementary weft: brown camelid, (z-2s); ground weft: tan cotton, (z-2s). Warp: tan cotton, (z-2s).
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, tapestry, fragment, red ground, serrated diagonals and e
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast?; North Coast?
Materials Cotton, Camelid
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 5 cm (3 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-92-30/1731

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