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Object Number 42-12-30/3761
Display Title Textile, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Textile fragment; very fine 1-1 plainweave tan cotton with abstract human figure in 3-horned headdress worked with supplementary camelid wefts: red, light green, brown, gold, with dark brown outlining (z-2s). Supplementary wefts cover surface of figure in 5-span alternating floats. Background plainweave. One warp, one weft selvage. Warp, weft: tan cotton, (z), 20 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber textile, plainweave, figurative design with headdress
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Huari?
  • Middle horizon
  • Late Nazca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province?
Additional Geographic Terms South coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 7 x 8.5 cm (2 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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