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Object Number 46-77-30/9208
Display Title Textile, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Textile fragment similar to 30/9199, 9200, 9201. Extra weft-patterning, whipstitched with paired natural color cotton threads to a band (20 cm., width). Band has narrow stripes of warp-faced plainweave alternating with wider stripes of supplementary warp-patterning on plainweave ground. Supplementary warps paired and placed after two ground warps. Six-span floats of these warps alternately form squares on both faces of cloth. All fibers cotton. Ground warp of pattern dark blue-green; supplementary weft and warp-faced plainweave warp light green. Weft: gold.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber textile fragment, embroidered design, multi-colored
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Late Horizon?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / <State> / <County> / <City> / La Capilla
Additional Geographic Terms Chillon; Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 56 x 30 cm (22 1/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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