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Textile, weft-patterned
Object Number 37-92-30/1593
Display Title Textile, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Textile fragment of 2-1 plainweave brown cotton ground covered with a supplementary weft float design of diamond shaped serpent heads and resembling a twill weave. Supplementary weft brown cotton (z-pairs). This section bordered by bands of weft-faced plainweave on four warps, yellow(?) camelid (z-2s) and brown cotton (z-pairs); beyond this a warp fringe. Warp: brown cotton, (s-pairs), 10 ppcm. Weft: (z), 8 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, brown cotton plainweave, weft float design
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Colonial Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / La Libertad Region / Ascope Province / Chicama / El Brujo
Intrasite Surface
Additional Geographic Terms Chicama Valley; Chicama River, north of mouth of
Materials Cotton, Camelid
Dimensions Overall: 17 x 22 cm (6 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-92-30/1593

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