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Object Number 979-17-30/10088
Display Title Border, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Border with rows of opposed long-legged birds, between diagonal zigzag bands are woven in fine slit tapestry with camelid wefts: magenta, purple, black, white, on yellow ground (z-2s, 45 epcm.). Eccentric wefts outline motifs. Yellow wefts extend as clumps of looped fringe at intervals along one side. Two weft selvages. Warp: natural cotton, (s-2z), 10 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, pink, yellow, zigzag diagonal, bird moti
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Central Coast
  • Late horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 17 x 9 cm (6 11/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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