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Object Number 46-77-30/9472
Display Title Textile, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Fragment of complex gauze weave of brown cotton (warp, weft: s). Border has diagonal design of lines and birds done in complementary weft floatweave of red and gold camelid (2s-plied). Bands of weft-faced plainweave flank patterned band. One warp, two weft selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, gauze, brown, border with designs
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: 29 x 9.5 cm (11 7/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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Peru
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Border, weft-patterned
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46-77-30/9480A Border, weft-patterned
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46-77-30/9480B Border, weft-patterned
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46-77-30/9486 Textile, gauze
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46-77-30/9615 Textile, gauze
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