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Object Number 42-28-30/4621
Display Title Textile, plainwweave
Descriptions
Object Description Small plain weave cream colored cotton, wrapped around miniature bamboo blow gun and darts (30/ 4619 & 4620) - bundle found originally in sewing basket 30/4535: Cloth of 1-1 plainweave white cotton. At warp selvages, and again in middle, piece very loosely woven, with 3 wefts/cm. A yarn knotted at center near one end, probably to secure rolled bundle of 30 feathered darts (/4620) and miniature blow gun (/4619). Four selvages. Warp: white cotton, (z-2s), 13 epcm. Weft: white cotton, (z-2s), 9 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, plainweave white cotton
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 32 x 15 cm (12 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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