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Object Number 38-10-30/1716
Display Title Textile, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Tapestry panel; slit tapestry depicting two and a half standing figures with arms outstretched, wearing drooping headdresses. Above and below are rows of birds, and birds fill spaces around the figures. Figures are maroon, pink, orange on beige and gold ground. A separately woven weft fringe of magenta camelid stitched along lower edge. One warp selvage. Warp: cotton, (s-2z). Weft: camelid, (z-2s).
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile slit textile, standing figures, birds, red fringe
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 45 x 36 cm (17 11/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Isabel Guernsey (May-December 1937)
Donor Donated by Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (2 Feb 1938)

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