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Object Number 46-77-30/9098
Display Title Loincloth?, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Loincloth(?) of open dark brown cotton (s) plainweave, decorated with large profile animals worked with supplementary weft floats of white cotton (2s-plied) and dark brown camelid (2s-plied). Above and below figure, bands of white cotton weft-faced plainweave and rows of birds in weft float weave. Weft-faced plainweave band with lone fringe in white cotton attached to one warp end; other missing.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, weft-patterned, brown with white animal motif
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/9098

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