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Textile, painted
Object Number 42-28-30/4442
Display Title Textile, painted
Descriptions
Object Description Fragment of painted cloth - brown and cream; rows of bird, fish, scroll adn geometric designs: Cloth of heavy warp-faced 1-1 plainweave cotton painted with diagonal rows of zigzags, wave bands, interlocking triangular motifs, stepped blocks. Linear designs left white on dark brown painted ground. Possibly white lines were resisted before painting(?). Two similar cloths seamed together. Warp: cotton, (z-2s), 12 epcm. Weft: cotton, (z-2s), 6 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile, painted, brown, cream, diagonal figurative design
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
Dimensions Overall: 86 x 98 x 11 cm (33 7/8 x 38 9/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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