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Object Number 63-12-30/8423
Display Title Textile, gauze and plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description Textile fragment of red camelid plainweave with stepped lines of simple gauze crossings on paired warps. Warp: red camelid, (z-2s), 12 epcm. Weft: red camelid, (z-2s), 10 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, plainweave with stepped gauze stripes, red
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Paracas
  • Early horizon
  • Early Intermediate Period?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Pisco Province / Pisco
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Paracas
Materials Camelid
Dimensions Overall: 13.5 x 8.5 cm (5 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63-12-30/8423

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