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Object Number
46-77-30/9660
Display Title
Textile, plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description
Textile portion of fine white cotton plainweave, crepe-spun with warp yarns (2 cm.) alternating with (2 cm.) without warps. Weft also spaced: (1.5 cm.) woven, (1 cm.) unwoven; result is small squares of plainweave connected by unwoven warp and weft yarns. These unwoven yarns grouped by means of yarn which knots around six to eigth yarns before passing to next group. Within grid of small squares, larger woven rectangles serve as ground for camelid cross-knit looped embroidery depicting two monkeys carrying a third small monkey in a litter in red, yellow camelid, white cotton (all 2s-plied).
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, embroidered design, open squares
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
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Huaura Province
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Huacho
/
Hacienda Humaya
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast; Huacho, inland from
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 36.5 x 47 cm (14 3/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-77-30/8990 | Carrying cloth, scaffold warps |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 46-77-30/8924 | Textile, double cloth |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 42-28-30/4431 | Mantle, warp-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 80-61-30/24097A | Tunic fragment, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 38-10-30/1723 | Band, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 16-5-30/86952.1 | Shroud, painted |
Raw Material
Woven fiber |
El Burro Hill
| |
| 42-12-30/3315 | Band, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 16-5-30/86952 | Shroud, painted |
Woven Fiber
|
Incasic Cave
| |
| 46-77-30/8992 | Loincloth, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 46-77-30/10122 | Textile, warp-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/7391 | Band, warp-patterned |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Nazca Province
| |
| 46-77-30/9059 | Textile, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
|