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Heddle rod?
Object Number 46-77-30/9762
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, tool, cylindrical, twisted red, blue, yellow fiber at both ends
Classification
  • Reed
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate Period?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm (12 3/16 x 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/9762

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