Mochica-Huari Textile

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Mochica-Huari Textile
Title (Dublin Core)
Mochica-Huari Textile
Description (Dublin Core)
Mochica-Huari brocade, Simple plain fabric decorated with additional wefts. This textile cloth represents characters with their heads in profile holding two staves, canes that leaders use as symbols of power. Probably from the Central Coast of Peru.
Identifier (Dublin Core)
ML600067_SF1
Type (Dublin Core)
Textile fabrics, Ancient
Creator (Dublin Core)
Unknown, Mochica-Huari culture
Date (Dublin Core)
Fusion Epoch (800-1300 AD)
Medium (Dublin Core)
Cotton thread in plain fabric. Decoration employing dyed camelid fibers
Coverage (Dublin Core)
Central Coast of Peru
Huarmey
Rights (Dublin Core)
Copyright © 2018 Museo Larco
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