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Object Number 981-4-30/10573
Display Title Stepped corner, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Corner, depicts rows of birds flying in opposite directions and surrounded by border of stars. Woven in slit tapestry with pink, magenta, tan, gold camelid wefts (z-2s), outlined in black on yellow ground. Across bottom, chevron band of complementary weft float weave with weft substitution. Loom cord still in place at bottom and weaving incomplete. One warp, two weft selvages. Warp: tan cotton, (z-2s), 6 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, rows of birds, patterned stripe, fringe
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 15.5 x 23.5 cm (6 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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