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1934.70.8

Rectangular bag of cream cotton

1934.70.8

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Collection type
Object
Description
Rectangular bag of cream cotton
Long description
Rectangular bag of cream cotton plain weave with paired warps and single wefts (all S-spun). Made from a complete textile. Complementary-weft step motifs in red and yellow camelid fibre (yellow mostly gone). Two weft-faced borders in red camelid fibre with brocaded bird motifs (deteriorated) between them. Tubular edging in camelid fibre on side selvage forming mouth of bag.
Geographical reference
Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
North Coast
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Puttick and Simpson
Date / Period
Date made: 1000-1476 Archaeological period: Chimu
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 Brocaded Woven
Dimensions
Width 140 mm, Length 175 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1934.70.8
Research and responses

Attribution to Chimu by LM.

Search terms: Bag, Figure, Bird Figure

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