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Miniature textile?
Object Number 87-61-30/54473
Display Title Miniature textile?
Descriptions
Object Description Small cloth of 1-1 plainweave with narrow warp stripes of dark brown alternating with gray and white cotton. Brown cotton weft floats over the gray and white stripes at intervals, forming Horizontal stripes and small block patterns. Half the cloth is float weave, the other half just plainweave. One heading cord is still in place. Four selvages. Warp: cotton, z-2s, 16 epcm. Weft: cotton, z-2s, 8 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile, four selvages, brown plaid and stripe pattern
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Central Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Ancon
Intrasite Prehistoric Graves
Additional Geographic Terms Chillon Valley
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 31 cm (8 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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