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Object Number 46-77-30/9642
Display Title Border, slit tapestry, gauze
Descriptions
Object Description Border of simple gauze weave brown cotton with diagonal bird design in camelid tapestry, outlined by narrow sections of gauze; red, pink, tan, yellow (all 2s-plied). Weft fringe of red camelid (2s-plied) woven on 12 cotton warps stitched along lower edge. Border was cut from plainweave cloth with blocks of dark brown and white cotton (2s-plied) joined by interlocking wefts. Four selvages. Warp, weft: brown cotton, (2s-plied).
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, multicolored bird motif, one fringed edg
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: 26.5 x 58 cm (10 7/16 x 22 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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