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Object Number 46-77-30/7668
Display Title Textile, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion of 2-1 plainweave brown cotton with two large concentric octagons each enclosing a bird. Discontinuous supplementary wefts, pink, black camelid, white cotton (all 2s-plied, used paired), used in 9-span floats, alternating alignment. Stitched along weft selvages, narrow band of tapestry and two pieces of supplementary weft-patterned cloth with weft stripes and one stripe with small birds. Warp runs perpendicular to that of main cloth. One weft selvage.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, brown, large embroidered patterns
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast?; South Coast; Nazca Region
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 80 x 55 cm (31 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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