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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
Materials
Cotton, Pigment
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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