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Object Number 46-77-30/7773
Display Title Headband or sling
Descriptions
Object Description Sling or headband; central section with vertical slit is weft-faced plainweave in black camelid on eight multiple warps of brown cotton and yellow and red camelid. Warps merge into one bundle at each end. Thick cotton yarns stitched into the outer warps, serving as foundation for complementary warp(?) weave of black, white, red, camelid. Edge of yellow camelid stem-stitch(?) completes border. Square braid of dark brown, red, white camelid attached at one end; other end missing.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, sling, multicolored, slit central section, braided cord
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / <County> / <City> / Casa Vasquez
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Ica Valley; Casa Vasquez; Ocucaje, below
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 61 x 5 cm (24 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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