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Object Number 29-34-30/F779E
Display Title Textile, double cloth
Descriptions
Object Description Textile fragment of 1-1 plainweave double cloth. Pattern: 12 rows of profile human figures (flying?) with elaborate headdresses and flying birds between; aligned on diagonal. At one warp selvage 3 narrow brown and white weft stripes; other warp selvage has a band (6 cm. wide) of 2-2 plainweave (not double cloth). Weft selvage slopes in diagonal from one warp end. Two warp, one weft selvage. Warp and weft: brown, white cotton, (z-2s), 16 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, double cloth, plainweave, white with brown diagonal desi
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Late horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Chillon; Central Coast; vicinity of Ancon
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 62 x 37.5 cm (24 7/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 29-34-30/F779(e)

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