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Object Number 46-77-30/9761
Display Title Heddle rod?
Descriptions
Object Description Shed stick(?); piece of cane(?) with ball of cotton wrapped with camelid yarns, magenta, yellow, green, fitted over each end (to keep warp on stick?).
Inventory Description Organic, reed, cylindrical, blue, red yellow, twisted fiber at both ends
Classification
  • Reed
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate Period?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Fiber, Reed
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 1 x 1 cm (9 7/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/9761

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