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Object Number
42-12-30/3249
Display Title
Bag
Descriptions
Object Description
Pouch of white cotton plainweave; one side is a profile bird woven with supplementary weft floats of dark green camelid. Folded across bottom, seamed up sides. Top closed with running stitches. At upper corners warp heading cords extend as ties. Four selvages. Warp: white cotton, (z-2s), 18 epcm. Weft: white cotton, (z-2s), 13 epcm.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber bag, white plainweave, green bird motif
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Nazca
- Huari?
- Middle Horizon?
- Late Central Coast?
- Early Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ancash Region
/
Casma Province
/
Casma
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province? / <City> / Huacho?
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province? / <City> / Huacho?
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast; Huacho; Casma
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 9 x 4.5 cm (3 9/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42-12-30/3738 | Border |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 42-12-30/3733A | Bag, supplementary weft |
Woven Fiber
|
Huaura Province
| |
| 42-12-30/3187 | Bag, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Fortaleza
| |
| 38-10-30/1719 | Band |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 42-28-30/4481A | Band, supplementary weft |
Woven Fiber
|
Pisco
| |
| 42-12-30/3186 | Mantle?, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Fortaleza
| |
| 46-77-30/7673A | Miniature bag? |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Nazca Province
| |
| 80-61-30/24074A | Stepped corner |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-53-30/5462 | Textile, supplementary weft |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3330 | Mantle, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 63-12-30/8439A | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Pisco?
| |
| 979-17-30/10087 | Textile, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
|