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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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