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Object Number 978-11-30/10049
Display Title Textile, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Textile fragment; diagonal rows of birds and stepped blocks woven in slit tapestry with wefts of magenta and yellow camelid and brown and white cotton (all z-2s, 26 epcm.). Across bottom, border of paired birds woven with red and magenta complementary wefts, flanked by black and white bands of weft-faced plainweave. One warp, one weft selvage.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, interlocking bird motif, stepped, multicolored
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 44 x 20.5 cm (17 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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Image Not Available for Border, slit tapestry
10-12-10/76013 Border, slit tapestry
Fabric
Ancon
Stepped corner
80-61-30/24070A Stepped corner
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Peru
Stepped corner
80-61-30/24067 Stepped corner
Woven Fiber
Peru
Border, weft-patterned
42-12-30/3713A Border, weft-patterned
Woven Fiber
Huaura Province
Tunic, supplementary weft
15-41-30/86889A Tunic, supplementary weft
Woven Fiber
Monte Grande
Border, slit tapestry
979-17-30/10088 Border, slit tapestry
Woven Fiber
Peru
Stepped corner
80-61-30/24069 Stepped corner
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Peru
Textile, weft-patterned
979-17-30/10076 Textile, weft-patterned
Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Peru
Stepped corner
80-61-30/24075 Stepped corner
Woven Fiber
Peru
Stepped corner
09-1-30/74712 Stepped corner
Woven Fiber
Ancon
Border
42-12-30/3708 Border
Woven Fiber
Huaura Province
Mantle, weft-patterned
42-12-30/3330 Mantle, weft-patterned
Woven Fiber
Peru