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Object Number
46-77-30/8931
Display Title
Textile, double cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
Textile with brown warp and weft interlocking with white warp and weft double cloth; white yarn finer than brown. Main section has snake heads on diagonal stepped pattern, formed by pairs of white warp or weft yarns on brown ground; row of squares with birds along one selvage. Warp, weft: 28/inch. Weft selvages good; warp edges torn. Small bits of white yarn along one selvage (seemingly different from weft yarn).
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, brown and white diagonal snake heads
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Horizon?
- Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
/
Huaura Province
/
Huacho
/
Hacienda Huacan
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast; Huara Valley; Huacho, above
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 19 cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
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