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Object Number 42-12-30/3740
Display Title Cushion?
Descriptions
Object Description Cushion(?); 2-1 plainweave with alternating warp stripes of dark brown and brown cotton (s-pairs, 18 ppcm.). Along each stripe are repeats of circular motif done with a supplementary weft of camelid, magenta in brown stripes, yellow in dark brown stripes (2z-2s). Folded in half paralled to weft, thin layer of unspun cotton placed between two layers. Sides and top stitched together to form thin cushion(?). Two warps(?), two weft selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, brown stripes with red, gold pattern on pad of unspun cott
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late 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: 23 x 50 cm (9 1/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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