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Object Number 75-20-30/8814
Display Title Textile, plainweave, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Plainweave textile, (42 - 46 cm. length). Loosely woven 1-1 open plainweave of yellow camelid fiber. Along each weft selvage is stitched the remains of similar cloths using brown camelid sewing yarn. Seams are overcast with yellow camelid yarn. Four selvages. Warp: (z-2s), 12 epcm. Weft: (z-2s), ? epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile, plainweave, yellow, loose weave
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Coastal
  • Late Intermediate Period?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Ancon
Additional Geographic Terms Chillon Valley
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 46 cm (13 x 18 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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