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Object Number 38-28-30/4152
Display Title Shroud, plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description Wrapping - dark brown cotton warp-faced plain weave; length 1444 x 378; warp 34-40 x weft 14-16 per inch; single wide loom width; no larger single web ever recored from Peru: T III 18 Gossypium spp. probably peruviannm Cav. Cotton Cloth: "Single loom width--no larger single web ever recorded from Peru" of warp faced plainweave. Warp: 34-40 eip. Weft: 14-16 epi.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile, plainweave, brown
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Paracas Necropolis
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Pisco Province / Paracas / Paracas Necropolis
Intrasite Mummy bundle
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 38 x 43.5 cm (14 15/16 x 17 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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