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Object Number 46-77-30/9632
Display Title Headcloth, tie-dyed
Descriptions
Object Description Triangular scarf of open plainweave white cotton (2s-plied) rolled on diagonal and tie-dyed with bands of orange, red-brown, brown, dark brown. Central section has broad bands patterned with small contiguous dark brown squares with dot in center. Ends of cloth are still rolled.
Inventory Description Organic, textile fragment, brown, striped, gauze, triangular, long ties
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho / Hacienda Humaya
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huacho, inland from
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 69 x 43 cm (27 3/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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Headcloth?, gauze
46-77-30/9147 Headcloth?, gauze
Woven Fiber
Huacho?
Hacienda Humaya?
Headcloth? plainweave and tap
46-77-30/9644 Headcloth? plainweave and tap
Woven Fiber
Hacienda Humaya
Headcloth, triangular, gauze
38-10-30/1718 Headcloth, triangular, gauze
Woven Fiber
Peru
Shroud?, tie-dyed, fragment
46-77-30/6649B Shroud?, tie-dyed, fragment
Woven Fiber
Zapallan
Textile, tie-dyed
46-77-30/10268 Textile, tie-dyed
Woven Fiber
Vista Alegre
Textile, tie-dyed
46-77-30/9618 Textile, tie-dyed
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Textile, tie-dyed
46-77-30/10396 Textile, tie-dyed
Woven Fiber
Peru
Textile, tie-dyed
46-77-30/9619 Textile, tie-dyed
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Apron?, slit tapestry
46-77-30/10127 Apron?, slit tapestry
Woven Fiber
Peru
Bag, tie-dyed
42-12-30/3394 Bag, tie-dyed
Woven Fiber
Peru
Headcloth, gauze
46-77-30/9499 Headcloth, gauze
Woven Fiber
Vilcoshuara
Loincloth, tie-dyed
46-77-30/9185 Loincloth, tie-dyed
Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Zapallan