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Object Number 46-77-30/9577
Display Title Textile, plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion cut from larger cloth of brown cotton plainweave; cotton wefting discontinuous in one corner where a stepped area of slit tapestry has been worked with camelid wefts (2s-plied) on cotton warp, used paired. Rows of brown and pink birds outlined in black on yellow ground standing above row of waves and tab fringe. Second similar cloth seamed to it along weft selvage. Warp, weft: brown cotton, (2s-plied).
Inventory Description Organic, textile fragment, tab fringe, stepped, figurative design, plainweave
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 Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 86 x 53 cm (33 7/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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Textile, plainweave
46-77-30/9578 Textile, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Border, slit tapestry
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Woven Fiber
Sayan
Tunic?, border
46-77-30/10366 Tunic?, border
Woven Fiber
Culebras-Huarmey
Tunic, child's
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Woven Fiber
Huacho
Stepped corner
46-77-30/10323 Stepped corner
Woven Fiber
Supe
Stepped corner, slit tapestry
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Woven Fiber
Peru
Border
46-77-30/9515 Border
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Organic, textile, slit tapestry, geometric motifs
46-77-30/9150 Organic, textile, slit tapestry, geometric motifs
Woven Fiber
Zapallan
Border, slit tapestry
46-77-30/10379 Border, slit tapestry
Woven Fiber
Peru
Mantle, border
46-77-30/10365 Mantle, border
Woven Fiber
Culebras-Huarmey
Border?, slit tapestry
978-11-30/10037 Border?, slit tapestry
Woven Fiber
Peru
Textile, weft-patterned
46-77-30/10214 Textile, weft-patterned
Woven Fiber
Peru