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29955

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29955
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I (uncertain)
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Human figures with tau-shaped head dresses. Green, blue, yellow, red, brown

Fragment of a narrow band/border. Very fine weave. Repeating figure with headdress ("tau-shaped"?). Figures feet and hands are jutting out to the side. Several thin orange-tan threads are tied into the band, and the function of those threads are unknown. Color(s): Green, red, blue, yellow and brown.

Length 32.5 cm
Width 5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2748C - Field No SF

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