Three textile fragments [SM (Verve) 16/6/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Three textile fragments [SM (Verve) 16/6/2016]
Long description: Three textile fragments: .1 Corner fragment of brown cotton plain weave with embroidered border. 2 selvages present. Embroidery in covering stem stitch in pink, blue, yellow and green camelid fibre, feline design. Camelid yarn Z2S. Cotton warp and weft Z2S, 13 warps and wefts per cm. .2 Fragment of brown cotton plain weave with embroidered border, probably from same garment as .1. One selvage present. Other details as .1. .3 Fragment of brown cotton plain weave with embroidered border, similar to .1-2 but probably from different garment as cotton textile is finer (16 warps and wefts per cm) and border does not have the same edging. One selvage present.
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru; Ica Region Nazca Province
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Puttick and Simpson
Date / Period: Date made: 900-200 BC Archaeological period: Paracas
Date collected: By 1934
Acquisition information: Purchased: 27/07/1934
Materials and processes: Material Camelid Wool Textile Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Embroidered, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length: max 60 mm, Length: max 90 mm, Length: max 142 mm, Width: max 85 mm, Width: max 68 mm, Width: max 115 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1934.70.31
Research and responses: Paracas attribution by LM.

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