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Object Number 46-77-30/9639
Display Title Textile, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion of plainweave dark brown warp (2s-plied) with two stripes of yellow-dyed cotton (s), the latter now mostly disintegrated. Rows of birds form an all-over pattern, done with pink and yellow camelid (2s-plied) in discontinuous supplementary weft floats. Warp selvage is two shots of doubled weft; weft selvage normal. Remains of sewing yarns along each weft selvage indicate that this cloth was stitched to others. Four selvages. Weft: dark brown cotton, (2s-plied).
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, plainweave, weft-patterned bird motif
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho / Hacienda Humaya
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huacho, inland from
Materials Camelid
Dimensions Overall: 166.5 x 20 cm (65 9/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
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