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Object Number 42-12-30/3697
Display Title Tunic, supplementary weft
Descriptions
Object Description Tunic: two loom widths seamed together, leaving neck opening; plainweave white cotton. Across shoulders, lower edges: row of birds flanked by wave bands; woven in blue cotton supplementary wefts. Patched on back with large square of loose 2-1 plainweave cotton. Warp: white cotton, (s), 20 epcm. Weft: white cotton, (s), 12 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, tunic, folded, sewn, white with bands of blue birds, scrol
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huacho, Site north of
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 37 x 53 cm (14 9/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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