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Object Number 42-28-30/4441
Display Title Textile, warp-striped
Descriptions
Object Description Small square in very loose weave; striped in blue, yellow & red; with narrow borders of double faced weft patterned weave: Textile: open 1-1 plainweave, warp stripes red, yellow camelid, loosely spun (z-2s, 4 epcm.) alternate w/narrow stripes blue cotton (s, 8 epcm., crepe-spun). Weft same crepe-spun blue cotton (2-3 cm. spaced). At warp selvages: narrow bands weft-faced complementary weft patterning, pink, yellow camelid (z-2s) of small face(?); other end, purple, dark brown, pink, yellow camelid, no distinct design. Cloth drawn in, weft-faced borders wider than plainweave. Four selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile, loose weave, stripes, yellow, blue, red, four sel
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / <State> / <County> / <City> / Huacho
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huacho Valley
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 35 cm (8 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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