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Object Number 982-4-30/10721
Display Title Wrapped cane
Descriptions
Object Description Twenty-three paired or tripled canes wrapped with brown, white, blue, tan, and orange cotton yarns, and yellow and red camelid yarns in diamond or band patterns. The group of canes are wrapped in two pieces of cloth; outer cloth folded (25 cm., width), composed of at least four different cloths, each (21 cm., width, complete loom), seamed along side selvages. Composite cloths: alternately cotton warp-striped 1-1 plainweave and 1-1 plainweave; yarns very finely spun. Torn at warp end, other end not visible. Second cloth: folded, inside; warp stripes with warp float patterning.
Inventory Description Organic, woven textile, blue and brown on white and tan and brown stripes, wrapp
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chancay?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast?
Materials Cotton, Cane
Dimensions Overall: 58.5 x 6.5 x 1 cm (23 1/16 x 2 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 29
Label on object 982-4-30/10721

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