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Object Number 46-77-30/9187
Display Title Textile, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Five bands whip-stitched together into larger composition of Horizontal bands. Most prominent design elements are 2 (5 cm., width) Horizontal bands of three-color complementary weft patterning of profile pelicans in type of serrated guilloche. Wefts float on "wrong" side of fabric between the areas where they interlace with the warp to form pattern and background; this patterningbordered by bands of weft-faced plainweave alternating in color, brown-blue-brown. Two additional bands of brown weft-faced plainweave attached on their side selvages and one row of tab fringe. Warp: natural cotton.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, multicolored, stripes, one edge fringed
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Horizon?
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / <State> / <County> / <City> / Zapallan
Intrasite Grave B
Additional Geographic Terms Chillon; Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 36.5 x 30.5 cm (14 3/8 x 12 in.)
Quantity 1

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