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1997.2.4

Belt in warp-faced double weave

1997.2.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Belt in warp-faced double weave
Long description
Further description - Belt in warp-faced double weave (Rowe 1977: 94ff); zigzag plant motif with flowers and condors. 12 oblique interlaced units at one end; flat braid at each end. Chemical dyes. Probably sheep's wool and camelid fibre. Warp spin Z2S; weft S2Z; warp count 48 epi: (19/cm); weft count 16 ppi (7/cm).
Cultural groups
Quechua
Aimara
Person
Field collector Robin Woodhouse
PRM source Robin Woodhouse
PRM source Paula Woodhouse
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1975
Date collected
1974 - 1975
Acquisition information
Donated: 1996
Materials and processes
Material Camelid Wool Textile Animal, Process Woven, Process Braided
Dimensions
Width 63 mm, Length 1050 mm belt, Length 1175 mm including braids
Object numbers
Accession number: 1997.2.4 Other numbers: D8
Research and responses

For a list of the works consulted by Linda Mowat while cataloguing this collection, see RDF. [JC 26 8 2013]

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