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Object Number
46-77-30/8987
Display Title
Loincloth, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description
Loincloth fragment; waistband woven in 1-1 warp-predominant plainweave of white cotton. Band has two weft selvages intact, ends broken; folded in half and seamed together with long running stitch at ends, whip stitch hwere it attaches to decorative panel. Panel: stylized bird or fish creatures arranged in diamond motif in complementary weft float weave in red and yellow camelid. At one side, red camelid triangular inset of weft-faced plainweave (on same warps). At either side, narrow weft patterned bands with bird(?) motif in black, red, yellow camelid. At lower end of each side band
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, multicolored figurative, diamond designs
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Intermediate period
- Late Horizon?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
/
Huaura Province
/
Huacho
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast; Huara Valley
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 86.5 x 22.5 cm (34 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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| 46-77-30/9106 | Loincloth, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 46-77-30/9098 | Loincloth?, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 46-77-30/8991 | Loincloth, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho
| |
| 14-38-30/85948 | Loincloth, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Nazca
| |
| 42-12-30/3579 | Loincloth, child's, fragment |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Peru
| |
| 42-12-30/3574 | Loincloth, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/9686 | Loincloth, warp, weft pattern |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Humaya
| |
| 981-4-30/10575 | Mantle, discontinuous warp/weft |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 21-15-30/F339 | Loincloth, child |
Woven Fiber
|
Jequetepeque
| |
| 80-61-30/24095 | Loincloth, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 44-31-30/4287 | Band, slit tapestry |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Huacho
| |
| 979-17-30/10098 | Loincloth, child, warp-striped |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
|