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Textile, gauze
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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