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Object Number
46-77-30/10203
Display Title
Textile, gauze
Descriptions
Object Description
Textile portion; gauzeweave w/zigzag band design woven of tan cotton (2s-plied). Border along warp selvage (3.1 cm., width) w/interlocking serpent/wave design woven in red, yellow, white camelid, outlined in dark brown camelid; woven on same warp as gauzeweave. Weft floatweave w/weft substitutions. Flanking central patterned section of border, bands of red, yellow weft-faced plainweave. Zigzag design appears accentuated w/darker brown pigment, possibly painted. One seam joining along weft selvages. One warp, two weft selvages. Tunic fragment? One weft-faced p-w stripe breaks gauze panel.
Inventory Description
Organic, textile fragment, brown loosely woven gauze, pattern border at one end
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Coastal
- Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 57 x 65 cm (22 7/16 x 25 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-77-30/10204 | Border, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/9698 | Textile, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Humaya
| |
| 46-77-30/9514 | Textile, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/9472 | Textile, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/9526 | Textile, gauze and tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 979-17-30/10066 | Border, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 979-17-30/10076 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/10134 | Textile, gauze, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Acos
| |
| 80-61-30/24000B | Border |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Ancon
| |
| 37-92-30/1591 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
El Brujo
| |
| 46-53-30/5473 | Mantle, plainweave, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/9147 | Headcloth?, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho?
Hacienda Humaya? |