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Object Number
46-77-30/9515
Display Title
Border
Descriptions
Object Description
Border of white cotton plainweave (warp: 2s-plied; weft: s) with supplementary weft patterning; composed of three widths (38 cm.) seamed together along weft selvages, evidence that additional segments were seamed to these. Border was cut off a large cloth. Purple(?) camelid (2s-plied) floats on surface in large-scale design of birds; above, below this, Horizontal bands of weft-faced weave, alternating brown and purple stripes. Seamed along lower edge, narrow strip of tapestry with warp perpendicular to that of main cloth; stepped motif in purple and white ends in short fringe.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber textile, white plainweave, brown figurative designs
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: 26 x 13 cm (10 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-77-30/8999 | Border, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 46-77-30/9563 | Tunic?, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/7369 | Mantle, supplementary weft |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Loma Huelo
| |
| 46-77-30/10329 | Border, supplementary weft |
Woven Fiber
|
Supe
| |
| 42-12-30/3581 | Border, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/8926 | Border, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 46-77-30/9151 | Textile, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Zapallan
| |
| 46-77-30/8990 | Carrying cloth, scaffold warps |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 46-77-30/9669 | Tunic, child's |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Humaya
| |
| 46-77-30/9705 | Band, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Huacan
Hacienda Humaya? | |
| 46-77-30/10137 | Shroud, warp-striped |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Vista Alegre
| |
| 46-77-30/10456 | Border, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Vista Alegre
|