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Object Number 46-77-30/9526
Display Title Textile, gauze and tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion of simple gauzeweave brown cotton (2s-plied) which forms ground for tapestry (possibly embroidery). Design: diagonal rows of birds in yellow, gold, pink camelid (2s-plied) with open areas of gauze in between. Fringe of yellow camelid (2s-plied) woven on three warps, stitched along one weft selvage. Four selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, openweave, red, yellow diagonal, fringe
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: 68 x 30 cm (26 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Textile, gauze and tapestry
46-77-30/9530 Textile, gauze and tapestry
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Border, slit tapestry, gauze
46-77-30/9642 Border, slit tapestry, gauze
Woven Fiber
Hacienda Humaya
Textile, gauze, weft-patterned
46-77-30/10134 Textile, gauze, weft-patterned
Woven Fiber
Acos
Textile, gauze
46-77-30/9514 Textile, gauze
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Headcloth?, gauze
46-77-30/9147 Headcloth?, gauze
Woven Fiber
Huacho?
Hacienda Humaya?
Border?, slit tapestry
46-77-30/9690 Border?, slit tapestry
Woven Fiber
Hacienda Humaya
Organic, woven border, slit tapestry, red, pink, and yellow
46-77-30/9691 Organic, woven border, slit tapestry, red, pink, and yellow
Fabric
Hacienda Humaya
Border, slit tapestry, gauze
46-77-30/9586 Border, slit tapestry, gauze
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Textile, plainweave
46-77-30/9698 Textile, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Hacienda Humaya
Textile, gauze
46-77-30/9486 Textile, gauze
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Textile, gauze
46-77-30/10203 Textile, gauze
Woven Fiber
Peru
Textile, tapestry?, fragment
42-12-30/3557 Textile, tapestry?, fragment
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Peru