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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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-77-30/7668 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/10366 | Tunic?, border |
Woven Fiber
|
Culebras-Huarmey
| |
| 979-17-30/10098 | Loincloth, child, warp-striped |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/9624 | Tunic, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/9098 | Loincloth?, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 21-15-30/F339 | Loincloth, child |
Woven Fiber
|
Jequetepeque
| |
| 46-77-30/9707 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Humaya?
Hacienda Huacan | |
| 46-77-30/9470 | Border, warp-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/8933 | Textile, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 46-77-30/9501 | Textile, open plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/9705 | Band, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Huacan
Hacienda Humaya? | |
| 80-61-30/24095 | Loincloth, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
|