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Miniature textile, weft-patt.
Miniature textile, weft-patt.
Object Number 42-12-30/3319
Display Title Miniature textile, weft-patt.
Descriptions
Object Description Tiny cloth of 1-1 plainweave white cotton; two rows of smiling faces (Oculate Being?) done with continuous supplementary wefts of dark brown camelid (3 z-2s). One warp heading has two thick multi-strand wefts, then ten doubled wefts. Four selvages. Warp: white cotton, (N), 9 epcm. Weft: white cotton, (s-2z), 9 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, white cotton, two rows of brown design
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Intermediate Period?
  • Late Central Coast?
  • Early horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 12 x 16 cm (4 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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