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Object Number
978-11-30/10052
Display Title
Border, gauze
Descriptions
Object Description
Border; 1-1 plainweave white cotton. Border across bottom with diagonal step-fret bands worked in complex gauze on plainweave. One gauze crossing followed by three plainweave wefts. Groups of four warps are crossed. Bands of white weft-faced plainweave edge gauze section. Across bottom, separately woven weft fringe of white cotton, stitched to fabric. Attached border has section of unwoven warps. One warp, one weft selvage. Warp: white cotton, (z-2s), 20 epcm. Weft: white cotton, (s), 10 epcm.
Inventory Description
Organic, textile fragment, plainweave white cotton, diamond design, striped
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 27 x 54 cm (10 5/8 x 21 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 978-11-30/10046 | Textile, gauze |
Woven Fiber
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Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/10329 | Border, supplementary weft |
Woven Fiber
|
Supe
| |
| 46-77-30/9642 | Border, slit tapestry, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Hacienda Humaya
| |
| 46-77-30/10530 | Border, open plainweave |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/9147 | Headcloth?, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Huacho?
Hacienda Humaya? | |
| 46-77-30/10456 | Border, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Vista Alegre
| |
| 46-77-30/10203 | Textile, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/9464 | Textile, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
| |
| 14-4-30/85993G | Textile, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/9446 | Textile, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Andamo
| |
| 46-77-30/10205 | Textile, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/9519 | Headcloth, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Vilcoshuara
|