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Textile, weft-patterned
Textile, weft-patterned
Object Number 979-17-30/10087
Display Title Textile, weft-patterned
Descriptions
Object Description Textile fragment of 1-1 plainweave brown cotton. Schematic representation of a lucuma (fruit) tree woven with discontinuous supplementary wefts of brown cotton. Blue, green, brown, white fruits hang from branches, birds in same colors eye fruit from below. Supplementary wefts paired (s), paired (z), used in 3- and 5-span floats in alternating alignment. One weft selvage. Warp: brown cotton, (z-2s), 14 epcm. Weft: brown cotton, (s), 12 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, brown plainweave, rows of trees, birds
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Pachacamac?
  • Middle horizon
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 31.5 x 24.5 cm (12 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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