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Object Number 46-77-30/9478
Display Title Textile, plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion of white cotton plainweave (warp: 2s-plied; weft: z). Two bands of weft-faced stripes of pink, yellow and ochre camelid (2s-plied) flank a band of quadruple bird motifs in yellow, pink, dark brown camelid (2s-plied) weft float patterning. Three-span floats on paired warps with color substitution. Unused wefts float on back.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, embroidered bird design, striped
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: 22.5 x 32.5 cm (8 7/8 x 12 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Tunic?, fragment
46-77-30/9563 Tunic?, fragment
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Band, weft-patterned
46-77-30/9705 Band, weft-patterned
Woven Fiber
Hacienda Humaya?
Hacienda Huacan
Textile, plainweave
46-77-30/9060 Textile, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Huacho
Loincloth, warp, weft pattern
46-77-30/9686 Loincloth, warp, weft pattern
Woven Fiber
Hacienda Humaya
Band, open plainweave
46-77-30/10391B Band, open plainweave
Woven Fiber
Vista Alegre
Band, open plainweave
46-77-30/10391A Band, open plainweave
Woven Fiber
Vista Alegre
Mantle?, weft-patterned
46-77-30/10386A Mantle?, weft-patterned
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Culebras
Tunic, warp-patterned
42-28-30/4524 Tunic, warp-patterned
Woven Fiber
Peru
Textile, open plainweave
46-77-30/9501 Textile, open plainweave
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Stepped corner
80-61-30/24073A Stepped corner
Woven Fiber
Peru
Tunic, fragment
46-77-30/9624 Tunic, fragment
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Textile, supplementary weft
46-77-30/9550 Textile, supplementary weft
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara