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1934.70.26.1

2 textile fragments [.1-.2]

1934.70.26.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
2 textile fragments [.1-.2]
Long description
2 pieces of a narrow cotton band with complementary warp pattern of birds and spirals in brown and white. White warp Z2S; brown warp S2Z. 2 side selvages present on each piece.
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 Archaeological period: Inka Inca
Date collected
By 1934
Acquisition information
Purchased: 27/07/1934
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length 425 mm, Length 175 mm, Width 50 mm, Width 51 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1934.70.26.1 Accession number: 1934.70.26.2
Research and responses

Originally described as Inca. Late Intermediate Period attribution by LM.

Search terms: Textile, Figure, Bird Figure

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