Textile fragment; possibly from a bag

Collection type: Object
Description: Textile fragment; possibly from a bag
Long description: Complete textile, warp-faced double cloth, warp and weft of white cotton and brown camelid fibre. Design of bird in white on brown. Possibly for a small bag. 4 selvages and heading cord present.
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru; Unknown
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Puttick and Simpson
Date / Period: Date made: 1000-1476
Date collected: By 1933
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1933
Materials and processes: Material Camelid Wool Textile Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Woven
Dimensions: Width 70 mm, Length 120 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1933.75.21
Research and responses: Attributed to Late Intermediate Period by LM.

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