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Object Number
46-77-30/8996
Display Title
Headcloth, gauze
Descriptions
Object Description
Headcloth; four squares of complex alternating gauze weave in bright yellow-orange cotton (s) joined by means of two strips of camelid weft-patterned weave, arranged in cross (one vertical, one Horizontal); strips are magenta weft-faced plainweave with row of birds woven in yellow, white, purple supplementary weft floats substituted. Squares of gauze stitched into four quarters of cloth. Four selvages.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven headcloth, gauze weave, embroidered border, torn
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
/
Huaura Province
/
Huacho
Additional Geographic Terms
Central Coast; Huara Valley
Materials
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 73 x 70 cm (28 3/4 x 27 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
46-77-30/8996
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42-12-30/3585 | Headcloth, gauze, plainweave |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Peru
| |
| 982-4-30/10706 | Headcloth?, gauze |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/9499 | Headcloth, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/9468 | Headcloth, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/9147 | Headcloth?, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho?
Hacienda Humaya? | |
| 46-77-30/9519 | Headcloth, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 38-10-30/1718 | Headcloth, triangular, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-53-30/5472 | Textile, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 87-61-30/54448B | Headcloth, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Ancon
| |
| 46-77-30/9640 | Textile, tapestry |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Humaya
| |
| 46-77-30/9467 | Headcloth, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 46-77-30/9659 | Textile, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Humaya
|