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Object Number
984-2-20/25613
Display Title
Textile fragment, plain weave with supplementary warps
Descriptions
Object Description
Textile fragment, plain weave with supplementary warps. Group XVI Warp Float. Count: No counts. Remarks: Two side selvages; complete width: 1.5 cm; incomplete length: ca. 11.5 cm. Cat. nos. 108B and 108C are two almost identical fragments, each of which is composed of three fabrics sewn together: a) plain weave, b) warp float, c) knotted warp (see Group XX).
Inventory Description
Vegetable fiber, woven textile fragment, carbonized.
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Date
1300-1539
Culture
- Middle- Late Postclassic Period (Mesoamerica)
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Yucatan
/
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/
<City>
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Chichen Itza
Intrasite
Cenote of Sacrifice
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 18.2 x 12.5 cm (7 3/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Edward Herbert Thompson
(1907)
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