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Object Number 46-77-30/10383
Display Title Textile, double cloth
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion; surfaced divided into blocks framed by wave bands. Alternate rows of blocks have "spread eagle" birds and profile birds with trophy-heads in their beaks. Weave is 1-1 plainweave doublecloth with tan and dark brown cotton (2s-plied) warps and wefts. Along weft selvages is a border of small profile birds; another cloth was seamed along this edge. Single-faced, reverse side is not quite as well woven. One warp, one weft selvage.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, repeating bird motif, brown, folded
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 59.9 x 28 cm (23 9/16 x 11 in.)
Quantity 1

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