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Textile, weft-patterned
Object Number 42-28-30/4508
Display Title Textile, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Coarse plain weave cream colored cotton textile with red and black fret design at one end; breech cloth?; possibly unfinished: Textile portion of 1-1 plainweave white cotton (z-2s, warp: 8 epcm.; weft: 6 epcm.). One end decorated with large-scale fret design in black, bright pink camelid (z-2s) extra weft patterning. Xwefts alternate with ground wefts, move over 3 under 1, shifting. One warp to right each time, giving effect of a tight diagonal twill; pattern weft continuous; color not on front floats on back. Warp headings have three tripled wefts.
Inventory Description Organic, textile fragment, white plainweave, red, brown embroidery
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Horizon?
  • Late Nazca
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nasca Valley
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 72 x 33 cm (28 3/8 x 13 in.)
Quantity 1

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