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Object Number 42-12-30/3203
Display Title Textile, painted
Descriptions
Object Description Cloth of warp-faced 1-1 plainweave cotton painted with diagonal design, brown on white, with blocks containing rows alternately figures in crescent headdresses, birds with serpents(?). Other rows have repeats of birds and deer. Between figural rows are wave-bands and zigzag bands. Row of stitches along one weft selvage and warp selvage. One warp, two weft selvages. Warp: cotton, (z-2s), 14 epcm. Weft: cotton, (z-2s), 5 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, cotton plainweave, painted brown and white diagonal desi
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho
Dimensions Overall: 91 x 66 cm (35 13/16 x 26 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 42-12-30/3203

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