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1933.75.30

Length of white cotton plain weave (paired warps, single wefts) with bird design brocaded in red red camelid fibre. Two side selvages present. [SM (Verve) 16/6/2016]

1933.75.30

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Collection type
Object
Description
Length of white cotton plain weave (paired warps, single wefts) with bird design brocaded in red red camelid fibre. Two side selvages present. [SM (Verve) 16/6/2016]
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 1933
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1933
Materials and processes
Material Camelid Wool Textile Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Brocaded Woven
Dimensions
Width: max 140 mm, Length: max 330 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1933.75.30
Research and responses

Attributed to Late Intermediate Period by LM. The paired warps are characteristic of Chimu textiles.

Search terms: Textile

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