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Object Number 46-77-30/7733
Display Title Yarn ball on maize cobs
Descriptions
Object Description Two balls of yarn, one yellow, one dark blue (both 2s-plied), wrapped around small section of maize cobs. 1.8 cm. (diameter, second ball)
Inventory Description Organic, fiber, wound balls of cotton, black, yellow
Classification
  • Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Intermediate period
  • Late Nazca
  • Chavina
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ayacucho Region / Lucanas Province / Chavina
Intrasite Grave 6, cist 1
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 2.9 x 2.6 cm (1 1/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 2

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46-77-30/7732 Yarn ball, cotton
Fabric
Chavina
Yarn ball, cotton
87-61-30/54551B Yarn ball, cotton
Fiber
Ancon
Yarn ball, cotton
87-61-30/54551A Yarn ball, cotton
Fiber
Ancon
Yarn ball, cotton
87-61-30/54551L Yarn ball, cotton
Fiber
Ancon
Yarn ball, cotton
87-61-30/54551M Yarn ball, cotton
Fiber
Ancon
Yarn ball, cotton
87-61-30/54551K Yarn ball, cotton
Fiber
Ancon
Yarn ball, cotton
87-61-30/54551I Yarn ball, cotton
Fiber
Ancon
Yarn ball, cotton
87-61-30/54551J Yarn ball, cotton
Fiber
Ancon
Yarn ball, cotton
87-61-30/54551H Yarn ball, cotton
Fiber
Ancon
Yarn ball, cotton
87-61-30/54551P Yarn ball, cotton
Fiber
Ancon
Yarn ball, cotton
87-61-30/54551N Yarn ball, cotton
Fiber
Ancon
Yarn ball, cotton
87-61-30/54551O Yarn ball, cotton
Fiber
Ancon