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Object Number 46-77-30/7360
Display Title Stepped corner, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Brocade fragment - corner of a shawl bird and jaguar figures; interlock weft pattern: Stepped corner of white cotton plainweave cloth (2s-plied?) with checkerboard design of felines(?) done with extra weft floats in dark brown camelid (2s-plied). Wefts float over 6/under 2 in alternating alignment. In dark squares, ground covered by floats, felines mainly white. In light squares, felines dark brown camelid, ground white with vertical stripes of weft floats, with wefts over 2/under 2 (due to alternating alignment of the 6 span flaots.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, stepped edge, alternating squares, bird motif, border
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle horizon
  • Huari?
  • Nazca
  • Late Coastal
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Nazca Province / Loma Huelo
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nazca
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 38.1 x 39 cm (15 x 15 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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