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Object Number 978-11-30/10050
Display Title Textile, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Textile fragment; diagonal design of serrated interlocking ray forms, red/yellow, gold/yellow, black/magenta. Woven with discontinuous supplementary camelid weft floats. Below are bands of red and magenta weft-faced plainweave, flanking wave band, black and yellow, woven in slit tapestry. At bottom is a design of serrated diagonals and triangular forms, red and magenta with yellow "eyes"; slit tapestry with camelid wefts (z-2s, 24 epcm.). Two weft selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (z-2s), 7 epcm. See conservation report for additional description.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, diagonal geometric designs, multicolored
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 44 cm (12 3/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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