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Object Number 46-77-30/9530
Display Title Textile, gauze and tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion of simple gauzeweave of brown cotton (2s-plied) which forms ground for tapestry (possibly embroidery). Design: birds in yellow, gold, pink camelid (2s-plied) with open areas of gauze in between. Along the weft selvage yellow wefts are extened (2 cm.) at intervals of (2 cm.) to make small tufts of fringe. One warp, one weft slevage.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber textile, yellow, pink, red figurative design, loosely woven
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: 47 x 10.5 cm (18 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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