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Object Number 42-28-30/4499
Display Title Belt, tubular plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description Wool belt - tubular weave; brown and white center strip of geometric design: Belt of warp-faced plainweave brown camelid (z-2s, 26 epcm.) with tubular weft in same camelid (z-2s, 5 epcm.). Down center, stripe of complementary warp patterned weave in brown, white camelid. Design: elongated diamonds filled with small diamonds, ending in scrolls forming cylindrical motifs between diamonds. Weft single layer in center stripe. At one end, section (14 cm., length) of loose 1-1 plainweave, single layer, completing belt. Warp heading cords extend as ties, now torn.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber belt, brown, white geometric design along center, ties
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Inca?
  • Nazca?
  • Late horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nasca Valley
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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