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Object Number 46-77-30/9443
Display Title Textile, gauze
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion of plain gauze weave of white cotton (warp, weft: z). At top and bottom edges, bands (2.5 cm., width) of weft-faced weave in brown and beige camelid (2s-plied). Two span floats create a diamond design. Four selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, white plainweave, open, figurative borde
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Late Horizon?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaral Province / Chancay / Hacienda Huando
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 49.5 x 47 cm (19 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1

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