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Overlay brocade - red, yellow, purple, interlocked diagonals
Image Not Available for Overlay brocade - red, yellow, purple, interlocked diagonals
Object Number 46-77-30/7647
Display Title Overlay brocade - red, yellow, purple, interlocked diagonals
Descriptions
Object Description Band - 4 selv., warp - 247, weft - 9.3 cm., cotton; Band with continuous diagonal design of birds and diamond shapes. Plainweave ground of brown cotton with paired warps (s-pairs) and single wefts (z). Design done with pink, purple, yellow, yellow-orange. Supplementary wefts, used discontinuously in variable length floats. Four selvages.
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Chimu?
  • Late Coastal
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca
Dimensions Overall: 331.5 x 9.5 cm (130 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.)

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