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Accession Number 1983.14.2 Title carrying cloth Category Personal Gear Object Type cloth, carrying Creator Medina, Elena Nunex, father of Date Made 1981 Place Made South America: Peru Culture Peruvian Cultural Region Peruvian Gender and Age unknown Materials and Techniques wool; cotton; handwoven, plain; machine sewn Measurements overall: 115 x 110 cm Description

Rectangular cloth of bright turquoise, pink, green, and yellow vertical stripes and patterned bands. Plain weave, warp faced fabric. Patterns in narrrow vertical bands are formed by warp floats. Terminal weaving band,…

Rectangular cloth of bright turquoise, pink, green, and yellow vertical stripes and patterned bands. Plain weave, warp faced fabric. Patterns in narrrow vertical bands are formed by warp floats. Terminal weaving band, 18.0 cm deep on one side, 2.5 cm on other. Solid maroon coloured plain weave cotton ribete, machine stitched around perifery of manta. Only one finished edge. Filling yarns in terminal areas inserted with a needle. Palmada covers centre seam. Palmada done in a Figure 8 stitch. Fabric count, (warp x fill), 52 x 11 yarns/cm. Worked on a backstrap loom by Elena Nunez Medina's father.

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