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Object Number 46-77-30/9552
Display Title Bag, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Three bags joined together by cotton cord which stitches each closed in turn. Bags are white cotton plainweave (warp, weft: s), one side of each decorated with twill-like design done with supplementary camelid weft (2s-plied): red; blue; red and yellow. A fourth bag (7 x 10 cm.) of white cotton plainweave (warp, weft: s): red and blue camelid (4 replied-z) in wave motif. At bottom edge, warp ends left as fringe. At top edge, heading cords extend as ties(?).
Inventory Description Organic, woven bags, attached, plainweave, weft-patterned, polychrome
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: 23 x 16 cm (9 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/9552

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