Tassel
29622A
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29622A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Tapestry with stitch overlay and looped weave fringe head with pendant wrapped cords ending in tassels. Doubtless from a sheer poncho. A singular tapestry element in the shape of a half crescent with small tassels around the perimeter and three long cords terminating in tassels. There are some remnants of the structure that this was most likely attached (as seen from the verso): a crepe-like textile. Color(s): Red, yellow, blue and off-white. |
| Length | 24 cm |
| Width | 10.5 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 3229N - Field No SF |
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