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Object Number 46-77-30/9686
Display Title Loincloth, warp, weft pattern
Descriptions
Object Description Loincloth; plainweave cotton with brown and white warp stripes. At top, bottom (opposite faces), wide band of supplementary weft float patterning, 9-span floats in alternating alignment. Design: rows of seated profile monkeys in headdresses; ground yellow camelid (2s-plied) carried selvage to selvage; monkeys pink, red, olive, lavendar camelid (all 2s-plied), blue (2z-plied), tan, white cotton (2s-plied), all used discontinuously. Weft-faced bands of brown cotton plainwoven on 3 pairs of warps. Narrow weft fringe, separately woven, stitched on below each design panel. Tie identical constructio
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile, brown, white, stripes, band, multicolored figures
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chimú
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: 72 x 92 cm (28 3/8 x 36 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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