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Object Number
14-38-30/85948
Display Title
Loincloth, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description
Loincloth: 3 separate webs. Top: arch-shaped piece of 3-color comp. weft floatweave w/small diamond pattern: yell. mag., lavender camelid (z-2s). Each side at bottom: tapestry tab-like face surrounded by yellow fringe: magenta w/yellow "x" across; slit tapestry. This stitched onto brown cotton plainweave (warp: z-2s, 16 epcm; weft: z-2s, 10 epcm.) which forms functional part of loincloth. Main cloth: plainweave, brown cotton. At top: 43 cm. long interlocking warp/weft with stepped horiz. zig-zag bands of brown and tan cotton (warp: z-2s, 20 epcm.; weft, z-2s, 14 epcm.) used as waist ties...
Inventory Description
Organic, textile fragment, plainweave, embroidered geometric, figurative, ties
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Early Intermediate period
- Nazca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Nazca Province
/
Nazca
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 57 x 27 cm (22 7/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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Peru
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Ancon
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Raw Material
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| |
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Woven Fiber
|
Ancon
| |
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Woven Fiber
|
Majes
| |
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Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-81-30/5517 | Loincloth, composite |
Woven Fiber
|
Majes
| |
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Woven Fiber
|
Pisco
| |
| 42-12-30/3322 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-81-30/5515 | Loincloth, warp/weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Majes
| |
| 42-12-30/3303 | Mantle, weft-patterned |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Ica Region
|