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Object Number
46-77-30/10137
Display Title
Shroud, warp-striped
Descriptions
Object Description
Mummy wrapping; heavy cloth of warp-faced plainweave natural tan cotton with stripe of blue and white complementary warp float weave along each side. Repeat design of stacked triangles in 3-span floats of blue cotton (2s-plied) on ground of alternating white (2s-plied) and blue Horizontal stripes in 1-span floats. Second cloth was seamed tightly to one side, torn off. Heavy cord carried along other side, knotted into the cloth at intervals; similar cords cross cloth. One warp, two weft selvages. Warp: natural tan cotton, (2s-plied), 20 epcm. Weft: natural tan cotton, (2s-plied), 5.5 epcm.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven shroud, white cotton plainweave, warp-striped, embroidered edge
Classification
- Woven Fiber
- Raw Material
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Intermediate period
- Late horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
/
Lima Province
/
Lima
/
Vista Alegre
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast; Lima, near
Materials
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 161 x 55 cm (63 3/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
46-77-30/10137
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Woven Fiber
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| |
| 16-5-30/86946 | Shroud, warp-striped |
Woven Fiber
|
Incasic Cave
| |
| 46-77-30/10440 | Shroud, warp-patterned |
Raw Material
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Vista Alegre
| |
| 46-53-30/5476 | Textile, warp-patterned |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Peru
| |
| 16-5-30/86965 | Shroud, warp-striped |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Incasic Cave
| |
| 75-20-30/8803A | Tunic, child's |
Woven Fiber
|
Ancon
| |
| 46-77-30/9283 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
South Cemetery
| |
| 16-5-30/86930 | Shroud, warp-striped |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Incasic Cave
| |
| 46-81-30/5538 | Carrying cloth, warp-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Majes
| |
| 46-77-30/10138 | Tunic, warp-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Vista Alegre
| |
| 46-77-30/9603 | Textile, warp-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 87-61-30/54473 | Miniature textile? |
Woven Fiber
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Ancon
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