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Object Number
46-77-30/9517
Display Title
Stepped corner, double cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
Textile corner decoration cut from larger cloth: doubleweave of two browns and white cotton (2s-plied). Stepped right angle divided into rows of squares (3.5 x 2.5 cm.). Dark brown square alternates with square depicting an animal, bird, or man, in dark brown on light brown or white ground. At warp selvages, stepped fret border, and along weft selvage, strip of dark and light blue cotton (2s-plied). Impossible to determine how this corner was joined to cloth (scaffolded?). One warp, one weft selvage.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven textile, alternating squares with figurative design, border
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
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Huaura Province
/
<City>
/
Vilcoshuara
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 30.6 x 53.2 cm (12 1/16 x 20 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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