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Shroud, weft-patterned
Object Number 16-5-30/86966C
Display Title Shroud, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Textile fragment of 2-1 plainweave white cotton with two spaced rows of diamonds in brown, white and blue(?) cottons woven with discontinuous supplementary weft floats. An additonal float yarn has completely disintegrated. Zigzag bands of brown and tan continuous supplementary-weft weft weave at bottom, and beyond that a shortwarp-loop fringe. Two similar cloths seamed together lengthwisewith overcast stitch. Warp: white cotton, (s-pairs), 10 ppcm. Weft: (s), 8 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, brown, plainweave, diamond design
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Piura Region / Huancabamba Province / <City> / El Burro Hill / Incasic Cave
Intrasite Mummy #99
Additional Geographic Terms Northern highlands
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 15.5 x 21 cm (6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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