Textile
date: label: Date
content: 15th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Long panel in bright clear colors: many shades of yellow and buff, with pink, cherry and dark red, eggplant, and some white, and a little black for outlining. Horizontal pattern of white central row of small squares arranged on diagonal, either containing a stylized bird in a contrasting color, or divided into two stepped triangles of contrasting colors. Plain bands of buff, yellow and brown separate center from flanking outer rows of angular fretted running-wave pattern. Continuous guard-bands of red, yellow and buff on both edges. Wefts: unspun or weakly Z-spun, very closely packed. Warp: 2-ply tightly S-twisted undyed wool, about 25 per inch. The long sides are loom-endings. Panel made up of two equal lengths, stitched together, indicating tapestry loom about 24.5" wide. All selvages present. Reversible.
place: label: made in
content: Peru
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-33-1
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool Technique: slit tapestry
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 5.9 x 55.5 cm (2 5/16 x 21 7/8 in.)