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Object Number 46-77-30/9550
Display Title Textile, supplementary weft
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion of brown cotton plainweave with 12 large birds; supplementary wefts of white cotton (2s-plied) and small amount of red and black camelid (2s-plied) float over 9 under one warp in alternating alignment. At warp selvages are wft-faced and complementary weft-patterned borders in yellow, pink, dark brown, red camelid. Pieced together from various fragments in recent times, dimensions are uniformative. Four selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (2s-plied). Weft: brown cotton, (z).
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, brown plainweave, supplementary weft, bird motif
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / <City> / Vilcoshuara
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 150 x 56 cm (59 1/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/9550

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