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Textile, weft-patterned
Object Number 42-12-30/3735
Display Title Textile, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Cloth: 1-1 plainweave brown cotton w/complementary weft float camelid borders. Diamond design woven w/discontinuous wefts: purple/blue, red/white, purple/green, purple/orange (z-2s). Above and below, bands of red camelid weft-faced plainweave on paired warps. At one corner of plainweave section is stepped area of extra weft float patterning in red camelid. Vertical bands of designs alternate w/brown plainweave. Four selvages. Warp: brown cotton, (z-2s), 10 epcm. Weft: (z-2s), 6 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, brown plainweave, red border, design
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Huari
  • Late Coastal
  • Middle horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huacho, Site north of
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 83.5 x 44 cm (32 7/8 x 17 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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