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Object Number
42-12-30/3242
Display Title
Bag, interlock tapestry
Descriptions
Object Description
Bag with stripes of weft-faced plainweave, red, blue-green, gold, olive, magenta, dark brown, white, and stripes of a stepped block motif done in single interlock and tapestry technique. Folded across bottom, seamed up sides; seams covered with buttonhole stitch in all colors. Cord knotted around opening, leaving loops, probably for drawstring. Warp: brown cotton, (s-2z), 10 epcm. Weft: camelid, (z-2s), 36 epcm.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven bag, rectangular, interlock tapestry, striped and stepped motif
Classification
- Woven Fiber
- Raw Material
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Nazca
- Middle horizon
- Inca
- Huari?
- Early Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
/
Huaura Province?
/
<City>
/
Huacho?
South America / Peru / Ancash Region / Casma Province / Casma
South America / Peru / Ancash Region / Casma Province / Casma
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast; Huacho; Casma
Materials
Cotton, Camelid
Dimensions
Overall: 15 x 10.5 cm (5 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
42-12-30/3242
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-41-30/86878 | Bag, interlock tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Chulpaca
| |
| 42-12-30/3518 | Band, interlock tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 47-63-30/5714 | Bag, warp-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3241 | Bag, warp-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho?
Casma | |
| 15-41-30/86900A | Band, interlock tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Usaka
| |
| 15-41-30/86893 | Organic, textile fragment with geometric motifs, green, brown, black, and beige |
Fabric
|
Coyungo
| |
| 46-77-30/10399 | Bag, warp-striped |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Peru
| |
| 38-10-30/1722 | Border, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3247 | Bag |
Woven Fiber
|
Casma
Huacho? | |
| 46-77-30/7359 | Headband, interlock tapestry |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Loma Huelo
| |
| 42-12-30/3760A | Border, interlock tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca Province?
| |
| 42-12-30/3609 | Bag |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
|