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Object Number 46-77-30/9456
Display Title Textile, gauze
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion of simple gauze weave of one strand white cotton (z) and one strand brown cotton (z) plied together. Along warp selvage, border of weft-faced complementary weft weave. A row of felines repeated in dark brown camelid (2s-plied) on white cotton (z-pairs), then white on brown. One warp, one weft selvage.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, brown gauze, plainweave, border edge
Classification
  • 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 Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 36 x 27 cm (14 3/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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