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Object Number 46-77-30/9506
Display Title Textile, padded
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion; top layer 2-1 plainweave with beige, brown, dark brown (disintegrated) and blue warp stripes (s-pairs). Many plied weft fringes (3 cm., length) of white, tan, brown cotton stitched diagonally across piece. Layer of unspun cotton enclosed between cloth just as described and a second cloth of plainweave brown cotton; the two cloths stitched together along selvages. Warp heading has four doubled wefts. One warp, two weft selvages. Weft: brown cotton, (s).
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, brown stripes, mended, fringed
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / <City> / Vilcoshuara
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 40.5 x 31 cm (15 15/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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