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Object Number 46-77-30/9586
Display Title Border, slit tapestry, gauze
Descriptions
Object Description Tapestry border with white (z-pairs) and brown (2s-plied) cotton wefts on foundation of simple gauze weave of white cotton (warp, weft: 2s-plied). Design: interlocking serpents outlined. Heavy fringe of white cotton stitched along one edge. Wefts, (0.4 cm.)of many yarns (2s-plied) replied together, woven on four warps. Weft exteds (16 cm.) beyond warps as fringe. A row of wrapping holds fringes in place. Three selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven border, slit tapestry, gauze weave, thick long fringe
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 Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 112 x 30 cm (44 1/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/9586

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