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Object Number 46-77-30/10530
Display Title Border, open plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description Border; plainweave cloth of brown cotton with an openwork border. Warps are deflected into a diamond lattice, by means of discontinous wefts. Above and below is a gauze crossing. Warp loops are twisted into a short fringe at bottom. Two similar cloths seamed together along weft selvages. One warp, two weft selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (2s-plied), 30 epcm. Weft: brown cotton, (2s-plied), 12 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, brown, plainweave, open work border
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Intermediate Period?
  • Nazca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 13.5 x 20.5 cm (5 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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