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1934.70.15

Textile fragment

1934.70.15

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Collection type
Object
Description
Textile fragment
Long description
Length of cream cotton sheer fabric in plain weave, comprising two pieces stitched together. One corner is decorated with a step design in black and red camelid fibre (?supplmentary weft) and bordered with a red and yellow band and a yellow slit tapestry camelid fibre fringe.
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 1934
Acquisition information
Purchased: 27/07/1934
Materials and processes
Material Camelid Wool Textile Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Tapestry Woven
Dimensions
Length 1860 mm, Width 670 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1934.70.15
Research and responses

Attributed to Late Intermediate Period by LM.

Search terms: Textile

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