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Object Number 46-81-30/5515
Display Title Loincloth, warp/weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description One woven large breech clout with red and yellow designs on both sides: Textile portion of warp-faced plainweave white cotton with broad weft pattern bands at each end. At one end a band (12 cm., width) of weft-faced plainweave red camelid weft on multiple warps; above this a section (15 cm., width) with repeat pattern of llamas with smaller llamas on their backs, woven in supplementary weft floats of red, gold, green camelid, and dark brown cotton (all z-2s). Warp: (z-2s), 36 epcm. Weft: (z-2s), 8 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile, white plainweave, plain red, patterned band, tie
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Arequipa Region / Caylloma Province / Majes
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, Southern Highlands; Majes Valley near Santa Isabel de Siguas
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 62 x 51 cm (24 7/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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