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Object Number 42-12-30/3738
Display Title Border
Descriptions
Object Description Border; three repeats of spotted feline woven with supplementary dark green camelid wefts (z-2s) on warp-faced 1-1 plainweave white cotton. In alternate blocks, animal dark green on predominately white ground, then white on dark green. Reversible fabric. 5-span floats alternate alignment. Weft loops at each side, suggesting selvages, but at one side warp heading cords cut. One warp, one weft selvage. Warp: white cotton, (s), 32 epcm. Weft: white cotton, (s), 18 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber border, plainweave, green, white feline designs
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Coastal
  • Middle horizon
  • Huari
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huacho, Site north of
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 23.5 x 7.5 cm (9 1/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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