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Object Number 46-77-30/10522
Display Title Mummy mask, plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description Mummy mask; pad of unspun cotton wrapped in a) pice of heavy open 1-1 plainweave (25 x 30 cm.); four selvages; and b) piece of fine open 1-1 plainweave brown cotton (30 x 30 cm.), four selvages; backed with another open 1-1 plainweave white cotton. The two fabrics are stitched together at one end. Between the two layers, red camelid, weft fringe and a fringe of human hair. Second fringe of human hair laid across the tip. Hair folded over cotton cord, secured with a bound lattice weave of cotton cords.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber textile, plainweave, unspun cotton inside, fringed hair
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Coastal
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho / Hacienda Humaya
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huacho, inland from
Materials Fiber, Hair
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 16.5 cm (13 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1

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