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Object Number 46-77-30/9483
Display Title Textile, gauze
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion of complex alternating gauze weave of brown cotton (warp, weft: s) with border of diagonal rows of birds done with complementary weft patterning in red and yellow camelid (2s-plied). One warp, one weft selvage.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, loosely woven, repeating bird design
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / <City> / Vilcoshuara
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 29.5 cm (9 7/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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