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Object Number 46-77-30/9147
Display Title Headcloth?, gauze
Descriptions
Object Description Headcloth(?) of simple gauze dark brown camelid (2s-plied), loosely woven 6 warps, 2 wefts/cm. Design: repeated diamonds divided into 4 quadrants; 2 opposite embroidered w/spaced diagonal rows of dots: red, gold, green, white camelid. Yarns encircle 2 pairs of warps, 2 wefts, moves left, down. Another quadrant w/similar diagonal rows, fourth quadrant has more densely embroidered blocks of color. Borders of faded red camelid warp-faced plainweave down sides, weft-faced plainweave across bottom. Needle stitched long tassel at one corner. Two cloths seamed together. Four selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, textile fragment, open weave gauze, striped, diagonal, multicolored
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Horizon?
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho?
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho / Hacienda Humaya?
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 69 x 71.2 cm (27 3/16 x 28 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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