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Bag, coca? weft-patterned
Image Not Available for Bag, coca? weft-patterned
Object Number 46-77-30/7623
Display Title Bag, coca? weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Pouch; feline(?) profile with teeth bared. Woven with supplementary weft floats of dark green camelid (2s-plied). Ground cloth: plainweave white cotton (warp, weft: 2s-plied). Folded across bottom, seamed up sides. Back plain. Warp ends cut and turned under. Pouch was stitched closed at top and probably contained coca. Two weft selvages.
Classification
  • Fabric
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Huari?
  • Middle horizon
  • Nazca?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Dimensions Overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

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