Textile Fragment

29967

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29967
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Small. Birds design. Colors: black, yellow and red. Very fine.

Small tapestry fragment with one bound edge. Along one side, there seems to be a join (or change in technique) to a plain weave. According to catalogue records, the design is a "bird". There seems to be a strong diagonal zigzag as well. Color(s): Red, black and tan.

Length 8.5 cm
Width 11 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2072 - Field No SF

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