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Textile, gauze, weft-patterned
Textile, gauze, weft-patterned
Object Number 54-1-30/7539
Display Title Textile, gauze, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden weaving tool (spindle) and a small piece of weaving: Textile fragment of complex alternating gauze weave of cotton (warp, weft: z-2s). Band of weft-faced plainweave crosses cloth. Along warp selvages is a border of weft-faced plainweave brown and tan camelid flanking a band of weft-float weave white cotton, brown and black camelid (all z-2s). One warp, one weft selvage.
Inventory Description Organic, textile fragment, guaze weave, partial patterned band, torn
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 35 cm (13 x 13 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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