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1952.7.56

Textile fragment

1952.7.56

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Collection type
Object
Description
Textile fragment
Long description
Fragment of brown cotton plain weave (single warps and wefts, Z2S) brocaded with geometric and bird designs in brown and yellow camelid fibre (Z2S). One end, one side selvage prsent: both selvages stitched to fragments of white cotton plain weave (little remains).
Geographical reference
Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Unknown
Date / Period
Date made: 1000-1476?, uncertain
Date collected
By 1952
Acquisition information
Donated: 1952
Materials and processes
Material Camelid Wool Textile Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Brocaded Woven, Process Stitched, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length 240 mm, Width 140 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1952.7.56
Research and responses

Attribution to Late Intermediate Period by LM.

Search terms: Textile

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