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Object Number 46-53-30/5462
Display Title Textile, supplementary weft
Descriptions
Object Description Brocade fragment - cotton with bird motif in yellow and rose-red wool: Textile portion of 2-1 plainweave dark brown cotton; two profile birds, holding trophy heads in beaks, done in discontinuous supplementary wefts of pink (s-2z) and yellow (z-2s) camelid, white cotton (z-2s). The 9-span floats alternate alignment. Warp: dark brown cotton, (s-pairs), 20 ppcm. Weft: dark brown cotton, (s), 15 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber fragment, plainweave, bird motif
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Late horizon
  • Central Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 29 x 13 cm (11 7/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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