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Object Number
46-77-30/9486
Display Title
Textile, gauze
Descriptions
Object Description
Textile portion of complex gauze weave white cotton with diagonal rows of interlocking hooks(?). Border with diagonal rows of birds and wave bands at each end, woven in weft-float weave in red, magenta, yellow, gold, brown camelid (2s-plied) and white cotton. Wefts discontinuous and substituted. Two similar cloths seamed together. Two warp, one weft selvage.
Inventory Description
Organic, textile fragment, gauze, multicolored border, bird motif
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: 78.5 x 42.5 cm (30 7/8 x 16 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-77-30/9147 | Headcloth?, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho?
Hacienda Humaya? | |
| 38-10-30/1718 | Headcloth, triangular, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/8996 | Headcloth, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 46-77-30/9483 | Textile, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/9642 | Border, slit tapestry, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Humaya
| |
| 42-12-30/3236 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 42-12-30/3713A | Border, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 46-77-30/9514 | Textile, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 38-10-30/1719 | Band |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 48-37-30/7184 | Textile, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho?
| |
| 46-77-30/9615 | Textile, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/9659 | Textile, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Humaya
|