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Object Number 46-77-30/9453
Display Title Mantle, open plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description Mantle of openwork fabric with spaced warps and wefts forming squares of plainweave. Three pieces: two drab green cotton (s), one tan cotton (s), seamed together. Edges have appled borders, warp-faced bands with simple float patterns in tan, brown, blue cotton, (warp: s-pairs; weft: s). Along warp selvage is a second border: weft fringe of magenta and yellow camelid (2s-plied). One warp, two weft selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven mantle, open plainweave, checked appearance, fringed edge
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / <City> / Vilcoshuara
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 125 x 114 cm (49 3/16 x 44 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/9453

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