Textile Fragment

30179

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 30179
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Technique Embroidered
Description

Pattern-conventionalized bird in diamond. Brown and white

Fragment of plain weave with embroidery. The ground plain weave is most likely cotton. Woven design. Diamond patterned embroidery. Color of embroidery is brown, but also in localized areas yellow and possibly red. One bound edge. Catalogue card identifies the embroidery design as "conventionalized bird in diamond". Color(s): Off-white, brown, yellow and red (?).

Length 9 cm
Width 12.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2073 - Field No SF

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