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Band, warp-patterned
Object Number 46-77-30/7391
Display Title Band, warp-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Cotton & wool brocade fragment - double ended snake pattern; purple wool & white cotton: Band; double-faced fabric with two sets of warps and a single set of wefts. Snake/feline figure repeated alternately in light on dark, dark on light, appearing in exact reverse on opposite face. One set of warps, thick purple camelid yarns (2s-plied), unwoven but float on surface, held down when necessary by a weft. Second set of warps natural cotton (2s-plied), woven by an indentical weft. One weft selvage has three heavy blue camelid warps; other unreinforced, as is warp selvage. One warp, two weft selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven band, warp-patterned, double ended snake motif, double faced
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Huari?
  • Rukana
  • Inca
  • Middle horizon
  • Nazca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca
Materials Cotton, Wool
Dimensions Overall: 47.5 x 8 cm (18 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/7391

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