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Object Number 46-77-30/9675
Display Title Textile, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Square cloth of weft-faced plainweave, divided on stepped diagonal into two areas: a) area of two color complementary weft weave with a repeating "arrowhead" shape in dark brown camelid (2s-plied) on yellow camelid ground (2s-plied); b) area of three color patterning using weft substitution with design interlocking birds in blue, dark red, dark brown camelid (all 2s-plied). Between areas wefts are discontinuous and are joined with single interlock. Selvages reinforced. Four selvages. Warp: cotton, (2s-plied).
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, stepped, triangular design, multicolored
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
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: 31 x 30.5 cm (12 3/16 x 12 in.)
Quantity 1

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