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Object Number 48-37-30/7184
Display Title Textile, embroidered
Descriptions
Object Description Small textile - gauze with buratto embroidery; diagonal rows of interlocking birds; cotton gauze with wool embridery; brown cotton fabric, rose-red, pink, gold, yellow, light green, grey embroidery: Diagonal design of interlocking birds: magenta, pink, gold, light green, olive green camelid wefts (z-2s) on simple gauze foundation of brown cotton (z-2s). Camelid wefts cross pairs of warp yarns in weft-faced plainweave with twelve camelid wefts between each two cotton gauze wefts. Four selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber textile, loosely woven, diagonal interlocking design
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Central Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province? / <City> / Huacho?
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huara Valley?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 26 cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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