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Object Number 37-95-30/1665
Display Title Textile, plainweave, supp.weft
Descriptions
Object Description Textile portion of 1-1 plainweave white cotton ornamented along warp selvage by border (2 cm., width) with a meander design in pink camelid and white cotton outlined with dark brown camelid. Weft float weave uses weft substitution. Narrow stripes of dark brown, yellow camelid weft-faced plainweave edge meander border. One warp, one weft selvage.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, plainweave white, border with pattern
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Late horizon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ancash Region / Huarmey Province / Huarmey
Additional Geographic Terms Huarmey Region; Valley of Las Culebras; Calavera
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 27 cm (3 15/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object calavera

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