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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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42-28-30/4619 | Miniature blow gun |
Wood
|
Peru
| |
|
| 42-28-30/4620 | Dart, feathered |
Feather
|
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3734B | Miniature textile?, warp-strip |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 46-53-30/5470 | Miniature tunic, warp-striped |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 42-28-30/4481A | Band, supplementary weft |
Woven Fiber
|
Pisco
| |
| 42-12-30/3503 | Bag, double cloth |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/10324 | Organic, woven sash fragment, open weave, gold, brown, and red |
Fabric
|
Supe
| |
| 35-33-30/1173 | Tunic, Horizontal neck slit |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Pachacamac Island
| |
| 38-28-30/4121 | Miniature textile, plainweave |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 38-28-30/4126 | Miniature textile, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 47-63-30/5714 | Bag, warp-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 38-28-30/4124 | Miniature textile, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
|