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Object Number 46-77-30/10392
Display Title Textile, double cloth
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion; rows of repeated standing figures holding two staffs and wearing an arrow-shaped headdress, woven in plainweave double cloth of tan and brown cotton (2s-plied). Along weft edges are stitched bands of warp-faced weave with stripes of magenta, purple, yellow camelid. Birds are woven with floats of white cotton and magenta camelid. Warps substituted. One warp, two weft selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, rows of standing figures, tan on brown, bird borders, hole
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Late horizon
  • Coastal
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Lima / Vista Alegre
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Lima, near
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 45 x 50 cm (17 11/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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