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Object Number 38-28-30/4153
Display Title Shroud, plainweave
Descriptions
Object Description Wrapping - very badly decomposed dark brown cotton; no measurments possinle but may be similar to 30/4152; warp 35-38 per inch x weft 17-18 per inch: Wrapping of 1-1 warp-faced plainweave tan cotton. Warp: 35-38 epi. Weft: 17-18 epi.
Inventory Description Organic, woven shroud, plainweave, cotton, dark brown, very fragile
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Horizon 10
  • Early Intermediate Period 1
  • Paracas Necropolis
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Pisco Province / Paracas / Paracas Necropolis
Intrasite Mummy bundle
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 63 x 38 x 15 cm (24 13/16 x 14 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-28-30/4153; 17 Coarse Weaving

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Shroud, plainweave
38-28-30/4153.1 Shroud, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Paracas Necropolis
Shroud, plainweave
38-28-30/4159 Shroud, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Paracas Necropolis
Shroud, plainweave
38-28-30/4152 Shroud, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Paracas Necropolis
Shroud, plainweave
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Raw Material
Woven Fiber
Paracas Necropolis
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38-28-30/4130 Shroud, plainweave
Raw Material
Woven Fiber
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Shroud, plainweave
38-28-30/4130.1 Shroud, plainweave
Woven fiber
Paracas Necropolis
Shroud, plainweave
38-28-30/4151 Shroud, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Paracas Necropolis
Shroud, plainweave
38-28-30/4131 Shroud, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Paracas Necropolis
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38-28-30/4154 Shroud, plainweave
Woven Fiber
Paracas Necropolis
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Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Paracas Necropolis
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Woven Fiber
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