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1934.70.16

Long narrow strip of cotton cloth

1934.70.16

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Collection type
Object
Description
Long narrow strip of cotton cloth
Long description
Long narrow strip of cotton cloth with double polychrome warp in shades of brown, yellow and pink, forming stripes. Complementary warp stripes in pink and white. A fringed band of crimson wool has been stitched to one edge; there is a brown, yellow and crimson tassel at each end. The textile is partially backed by small pieces of sheer cotton cloth, stitched on at the same time as the fringe. The short edges are hemmed: this is unusual.
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 Woven
Dimensions
Length 1680 mm, Width 170 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1934.70.16
Research and responses

Information from Ann Rowe (Curator, The Textile Museum, Washington) based on visit to see our Peru textiles in October 1997: Chimu, North Coast, Late Intermediate Period. [JN 30/10/1997] Notes taken during a research visit by Ann Rowe (Textile Museum Washnington) in March 2012: She confirmed this as a Chimu border. [JN 16/05/2012]

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