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Object Number 46-77-30/7373
Display Title Bag, discontinuous warp, weft
Descriptions
Object Description Small brocade wool & cotton bag - red bird design on one side, small geometric design on other; plain area green: Bag: upper section white cotton plainweave with red and purple camelid supplementary wefts forming fine vertical chain motif on one side of bag, birds in diamond lattice on other. This weft-patterned section joined along stepped line to a lower section of black camelid plainweave. Warps, wefts discontinuous; warps dovetailed; wefts have slit joins, seamed. Cotton cord stitched in loops around rim. Four selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven bag, plainweave, brocade discontinuous warp, weft, red bird motif
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province / Loma Huelo
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca
Materials Cotton, Wool
Dimensions Overall: 12.8 x 12.5 cm (5 1/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/7373

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