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Object Number 42-12-30/3734B
Display Title Miniature textile?, warp-strip
Descriptions
Object Description Miniature(?) cloth of 1-2 plainweave with warp-stripes of white, brown, dark blue, blue cotton (z-2s, 14 epcm.). Two rows of 3 large birds, one row with long curled tails, other with head plumes, fill cloth; done in discontinuous supplementary weft floatweave with birds alternating, white cotton (z-2s), black camelid (z-2s). At ends the warp is not completely woven. Probably intended to be made into bag. Four selvages. Weft: tan cotton, (z-pairs), 7 ppcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, white, brown, 3 sections, bird figures
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Central Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huacho, Site north of
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 20 cm (13 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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