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Textile, painted
Object Number 42-12-30/3204
Display Title Textile, painted
Descriptions
Object Description Textile; 2-1 plainweave white cotton painted with negative designs in brown pigment. Design: 2 units-squares (18 cm.) alternated checkerboard fashion. One square contains two birds and two stepped diamonds; the other has a viscacha(?) and fillers. Warp heading is 3 tripled wefts. One warp, two weft selvages. Warp: white cotton, (s-pairs). Weft: white cotton, (z-spun).
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile, brown painted bird, geometric motif
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho
Materials Fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 15 x 72 cm (5 7/8 x 28 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1941-1942 - 1942)
Donor Mr. Donald C. Scott (1942)
Donor Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (1942)

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