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Object Number 38-28-30/4109
Display Title Tunic?
Descriptions
Object Description Shoulder poncho - fine plain weave brown cotton with some running stitches apparently blocking out for embroidery; badly disintegrated Fragments of a dark brown cotton plainweave tunic or shoulder poncho(?). Warp heading has three double wefts. Weft selvage isregular. Two widths of cloth were originally seamed together. Running stitches of brown cotton form a right angle in one place. Warp: dark brown cotton, (z-2s), 18 epcm. Weft: dark brown cotton, (z-2s), 18 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragments, plainweave brown
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Paracas Necropolis
  • Early Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Pisco Province / Paracas / Paracas Necropolis
Intrasite Mummy bundle
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 16 cm (3 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity 25+

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Shoulder poncho, embroidered
38-28-30/4111 Shoulder poncho, embroidered
Woven Fiber
Paracas Necropolis
Shoulder poncho, plainweave
38-28-30/4145 Shoulder poncho, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Paracas Necropolis
Shoulder poncho, embroidered
38-28-30/4140 Shoulder poncho, embroidered
Woven Fiber
Paracas Necropolis
Bag
42-12-30/3249 Bag
Woven Fiber
Huacho?
Casma
Shoulder poncho, unfinished
38-28-30/4110 Shoulder poncho, unfinished
Woven Fiber
Paracas Necropolis
Shoulder poncho, embroidered
38-28-30/4141 Shoulder poncho, embroidered
Woven Fiber
Paracas Necropolis
Poncho, feathered
42-12-30/3198 Poncho, feathered
Woven Fiber
Huacho
Tunic, plainweave
46-77-30/10223 Tunic, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Vista Alegre
Bag
42-12-30/3607 Bag
Woven Fiber
Peru
Shoulder poncho, embroidered; Paracas Broadline style
38-28-30/4139 Shoulder poncho, embroidered; Paracas Broadline style
Woven Fiber
Paracas Necropolis
Cap band, feathered
15-41-30/86914 Cap band, feathered
Woven Fiber
Coyungo
Textile, plainweave
46-77-30/10119 Textile, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Peru