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Object Number 63-12-30/8429
Display Title Textile, supplementary weft
Descriptions
Object Description Plainweave cloth of natural cotton, completely covered with supplementary wefts resembling tapestry. Design: geometric, depicting animal (monkey?) in blue, green, gold, outlined in dark brown on red ground. Extra wefts are camelid, (z-2s), and corss four warps and alternate with cotton wefts. One weft selvage. Warp: natural cotton, (z), 16 epcm. Weft: natural cotton, (z), 17 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, wove textile, plainweave covered with polychrome geometric animal desig
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Nazca Y
  • Huari?
  • Middle Horizon 1
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Ica Province / Ica
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 9 cm (5 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63-12-30/8429

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