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Object Number 46-81-30/5528
Display Title Band, tubular plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description One woven brown colored sling: Tubular band; at center (13 cm.) with black and white camelid stripes woven in weft-faced plainweave on 3 multi-strand warps. At either end, brown cotton plainweave band stitched into tube, stuffed with yarns. Function unknown. Four selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (z-2s). Weft: brown cotton, (2z-2s).
Inventory Description Organic, woven band, tubular plainweave, brown, wrapped stripes at center
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late horizon
  • Provinicial Inca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Arequipa Region / Caylloma Province / Majes
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, Southern Highlands; Majes Valley near Santa Isabel de Siguas
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 67 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm (26 3/8 x 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-81-30/5528

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