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Bag, sewn closed
Object Number 10-32-30/76096
Display Title Bag, sewn closed
Descriptions
Object Description Pouch: one side woven in 1-1 complementary warp floatweave with two geometric (rays?) set into rectangles (white on blue ground). The other woven in 2-1 plainweave. Made from a rectangle folded in half cross-wise. Weft and warp selvages stitched together (no top opening), with white cotton yarns (4,s-2z), thick heading cords (27 cm.) hang from each top corner (white cotton, s-4z). Four selvages. Warps alternate 2 blue/2 white cotton (z-2s, 10 ppcm.). Weft: white cotton, (s), 5 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragments, plainweave, brown, damaged, sewn
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Late horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ancash Region / Santa Province / Chimbote / Chimbote
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 32 x 18 cm (12 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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