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Object Number 46-77-30/9481A
Display Title Textile, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Textile fragment; central section (mostly disintegrated) has standing figures in headdresses done with supplementary weft floats of red and yellow camelid (2 2s-plied) and blue and white cotton (2s-plied) on an open plainweave ground of cotton. Above and below, bands of weft-faced plainweave in red and yellow camelid (2s-plied) and white cotton (s) over three warps. Additional band of complementary weft float weave has triangles of red camelid and white cotton. Warp is striped blue and white (s). Weft: white cotton (s).
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile, multi-colored, geometric and striped design
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
Dimensions Overall: 18.5 x 34.5 cm (7 5/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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Fabric
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Woven Fiber
Raw Material
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Woven Fiber
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Woven Fiber
Vista Alegre
Textile, plainweave
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Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
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Woven Fiber
Huacho
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Woven Fiber
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