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Object Number 46-77-30/7383
Display Title Bag, warp-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Specimen of weaving - warp pattern, one-faced alternating with stars: Bag; warp-faced weave with warp stripes and two-color design of 8-pointed stars done with warp substitution. In upper portion of back side, design stripes simply barred. Folded in half parallel to weft, but never seamed up sides; held only by a single camelid yarn knotted through middle of upper edge. Four selvages. Warp: red, gold, indigo, olive, (2s-plied). Weft: brown camelid, (2s-plied). Count: 64 x 20.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, bag, multicolored striped patterns, folded, open two sides
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Colonial Period?
  • Inca
  • Late Horizon?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province / El Cemetario
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast: Nazca, south of river inland from
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 19.5 x 20.5 cm (7 11/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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