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Object Number 981-4-30/10575
Display Title Mantle, discontinuous warp/weft
Descriptions
Object Description Mantle; rectangular cloth composed of 2 complete wefts, seamed together w/running stitch. Each divided by stepped diagonal of interlocking warps, into a red and a purple section of 1-1 plainweave camelid (z-2s, 13 epcm.). Color placement reversed for the 2 halves. At top, bottom, border of red weft-faced plainweave on 3 warps; in center, band of complementary weft weave w/discontinuous wefts. One side has repeated figures w/rayed headdresses in red/white, orange/brown, blue/brown, green/brown. At other end, birds in diamonds; other side, repeated felines one end, diamonds other, same colors.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, mantle, red, black, stepped, figurative motif
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle horizon
  • Late Nazca?
  • Huari?
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms South coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 119 x 53 cm (46 7/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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