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Miniature bag?
Object Number 46-77-30/7673B
Display Title Miniature bag?
Descriptions
Object Description Miniature(?) bag; animal figure (feline?), on all-over dot design, two vertical bars along each weft selvage, fills one side of bag. Design done in supplementary weft alternating with weft used continuously in 3-span floats on paired warps. Supplementary yarn in dark brown camelid (z-2s) on white cotton 1-1 plainweave ground (z-2s). Reverse side 1-1 plainweave. Rectangle folded in half, seamed up sides. One warp selvage has (2 cm.) uncut, unwoven warps turned to inside along upper edge of bag.
Inventory Description Organic, woven miniature bag, rectangular, brown on tan, bird and dot motif
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Nazca
  • Huari
  • Middle horizon
  • Tiwanaku
  • Late Coast Tiahuanaco
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca Region
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 7.3 x 5.9 cm (2 7/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/7673(b)

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