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Textile, plainweave, fragment
Object Number 46-77-30/9531
Display Title Textile, plainweave, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion of 2-1 plainweave brown cotton (s) decorated with supplementary weft-patterning (and embroidery?) in red, yellow, dark brown camelid (2s-plied). Stepped triangles filled with repeats of bird motif. Two similar fabrics seamed together parallel to warp. One warp selvage.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, embroidered bird motif, stepped
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: 26.9 x 49.2 cm (10 9/16 x 19 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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