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Object Number 42-28-30/4545
Display Title Bag, gauze
Descriptions
Object Description Cotton bag - plain and guaze weave, containing raw cotton (found in sewing basket 30/4535): Rectangular bag of tan cotton plainweave with gauze-woven designs at top. At one corner a tassel of yellow, magenta camelid. Filled with unspun cotton fiber. Warp, weft: (s).
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, bag, sewn, tassel, metal needle, unspun cotton inside
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Nazca
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province
Additional Geographic Terms South coast
Materials Fiber, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 13 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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