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Object Number 46-77-30/10414
Display Title Textile, gauze
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion of simple alternating gauzeweave, complete on two wefts. Two similar cloths (40 cm., width) seamed together along weft selvages. Warp selvages have loosely woven tubular edge of pairs of red, yellow, blue camelid (z-2s). Four selvages. Warp: blue (overspun) cotton, white cotton, alternated (s). Weft: blue cotton (overspun-s).
Inventory Description Organic, textile, blue gauze, red, yellow edges
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Coastal
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / <City> / Las Minas
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 38 x 59 cm (14 15/16 x 23 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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