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Object Number 46-77-30/9564
Display Title Textile, plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion of open plainweave dark brown cotton (s) decorated with stepped areas of discontinuous supplementary weft patterning in yellow, red, purple(?) camelid. Design: interlocking birds. Separately woven weft fringe of yellow camelid seamed to lower edge. Two similar pieces have been roughly seamed together, probably recently. One warp, two weft selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, textile fragment, multicolored stepped design, bird motif, fringed
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: 57.5 x 30.5 cm (22 5/8 x 12 in.)
Quantity 1

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Textile, plainweave
46-77-30/9151 Textile, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Zapallan
Textile, weft-patterned
46-77-30/9675 Textile, weft-patterned
Woven Fiber
Hacienda Humaya
Textile, weft-patterned
42-12-30/3236 Textile, weft-patterned
Woven Fiber
Huaura Province
Textile, plainweave
46-77-30/9577 Textile, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Textile, plainweave
46-77-30/9578 Textile, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Textile, plainweave, fragment
46-77-30/9531 Textile, plainweave, fragment
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Mantle, supplementary weft
46-77-30/7369 Mantle, supplementary weft
Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Loma Huelo
Tunic?, fragment
46-77-30/9563 Tunic?, fragment
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Border, weft-patterned
42-12-30/3411 Border, weft-patterned
Woven Fiber
Nazca Province
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46-77-30/9515 Border
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Bag, slit tapestry
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Woven Fiber
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Stepped corner
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Peru