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Textile, gauze
Object Number 978-11-30/10046
Display Title Textile, gauze
Descriptions
Object Description Textile; complex alternating gauze weave of tan cotton (s). Across bottom, meander band, red and yellow camelid, white cotton (all z-2s), woven in slit tapestry on multiple warps. Narrow bands of dark blue and light blue weft-faced plainweave edge meander. Gauze continues below tapestry band, but is now torn away. Two weft selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, textile fragment, plainweave gauze, stepped border, red, blue
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Central Coast
  • Late Intermediate Period?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Coastal, central
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 39 x 21.5 cm (15 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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