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Border, weft-patterned
Object Number 46-77-30/8926
Display Title Border, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Border with repeats of double bird motif, woven with supplementary weft floats of camelid (2s-plied); dark brown with red and yellow accents. Between the birds, vertical bar and zigzag dividers. Above and below birds, bands of weft-faced plainweave in dark brown camelid and white cotton on paired warps. Ground cloth white cotton (2s-plied) on plainweave. Two widths of cloth stitched together. Four weft selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven border, weft patterned, brown on tan bird motif
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huara Valley
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 76 x 6 cm (29 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/8926

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