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Object Number 982-4-30/10739
Display Title Border, slit tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Border; across center, spaced row of squares with felines in brown. Squares surrounded by profile birds and framed above and below by bands of weft-faced plainweave. Eyes and other small accents in red and yellow camelid (z-2s). Warps cut and stitched back into fabric. Slit tapestry with occasional dovetailing. Four selvages. Warp: white cotton, (z-2s), 10 epcm. Weft: white cotton, (z), (z-2s); tan camelid, (z-2s).
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, slit tapestry, brown, white stripes, rows of feline, duck
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms South Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 14 x 56.5 cm (5 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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