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Object Number 47-63-30/5720
Display Title Belt, double cloth
Descriptions
Object Description Wide woolen belt - double faced warp pattern weave with diagonal bird design: Thick belt with diagonal design of birds in warp-faced double weave with complementary warp patterning. One set each of dark brown, red, yellow, pink camelid warps (z-2s), move between the two layers. At one end a single layer section of plainweave on multiple wefts. Warp selvages finished with cross-knit looping. Weft: brown camelid, (2z-2s). Mama chumpi (def: "big belt").
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, band, double faced, thick, diagonal bird design, red
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Chancay
  • Late horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms North Coast; Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 105 cm (3 15/16 x 41 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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