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Mantle, weft-patterned
Object Number 42-12-30/3330
Display Title Mantle, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Mantle of 1-1 plainweave white cotton; a large stepped area in corner woven with weft-floatpattern resembling diamond twill. Supplementary weft, red camelid (z-2s), used in 3-span floats. Across top of cloth a row of plant-like motifs woven with discontinuous complementary wefts: red/white, dark brow/green, dark brown/gold, dark brown/blue, woven in paired warps, resembling tapestry. One warp, one weft selvage. Warp: white cotton, (s), 12 epcm. Weft: white cotton, (s), 12 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, textile fragment, tan plainweave, red diamond design, multicolored bord
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle horizon
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Late Central Coast?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; South coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 38 x 81.5 cm (14 15/16 x 32 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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