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Object Number 46-77-30/10119
Display Title Textile, plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description Two widths (67 cm., each) white cotton plainweave; across cloth are two rows of diamonds enclosing birds. Rectangles have complementary weft floats of red and gold camelid (2s-plied) alternating with ground wefts. Warp headings have three heavy replied yarns. Was apparently used as a mummy wrapping--stitches, sewing yarn. Four selvages. Warp: white cotton, (2s-plied), 16 epcm. Weft: white cotton, (z-2s), 10 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, textile fragment, brown plainweave, rectangular, red embroidery
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 47 x 69 cm (18 1/2 x 27 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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