Cotton cloth - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 65614 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 31.01 MALVACEAE Gossypium sp | Entry Book Number | 327.1852 | |
| Artefact Name | Cotton cloth | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Peru | TDWG Region | Peru | ||
| Parts Held | Cotton cloth | Geography Description | Peru | ||
| Uses | Cotton clothUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Extra-large shelving | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Maclean J | Donor No | |||
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| Collector | Maclean J | Collector No | |||
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| Notes: | Seen by David Beresford Jones (Cambridge University) :x0Dx0AHe suggests this is a central coast textile, very probably from the Chancay Valley, Late Intermediate Period c. 1200-1450 ADx0Dx0AHas paired warps in plain weave, which according to Anne Pollard Rowe wou, ld be Chimu - supposedly from Chan Chan (capital). - Ref: 'Costumes and Featherwork of the Lord of Chimor'. (Though I don't believe that paired warp determination of provenance. - Many central coast textiles of the period have paired warps)x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ARefer to: B, oston MFA catalogue 'To Weave for the Sun' and 'Textiles of Ancient Peru and Their Techniques' by R D'Harcourt | ||||