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Object Number 46-77-30/9455
Display Title Textile, plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion of open plainweave, plaid of tan and brown cotton warp and weft (z spun one direction, s spun the other), embroidered with red and yellow camelid (2s-plied). Circles built up by weaving camelid in and out of open plainweave. Yarn carried between circles; row of red circles alternates with row of yellow ones. One selvage.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, open plainweave, emboidered design, fragmentary
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / <City> / Vilcoshuara
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 16.5 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/9455

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