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Textile, plainweave
Object Number 46-77-30/9060
Display Title Textile, plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description Two similar cloths stitched together lengthwise, each plainweave brown cotton (warp, weft: 2s-plied). At top, bottom, borders of repeated birds in two pinks, two yellows, dark brown camelid. Pattern wefts used discontinuously, both complementary and substitution. Several bands of weft-faced plainweave on paired warps flank bird band. Warp loops form short fringe.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, brown plainweave, striped borders
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Late horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huara Valley
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 59.2 x 73 cm (23 5/16 x 28 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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