Poncho

Half of a fine cotton poncho with needle knitting and fine narrow weft fringe. With warps joined over common loom string; plain to striped.

Too brittle to unroll. According to catalogue records, this textile is a poncho. One armhole and 1/2 of neck aperture still exist. The arm hole is "needle-knitted". The top half of the poncho is a plain weave in a reddish (rosy) color, while the bottom half is thin stripes going in the warp-direction. Lower hem is an attached short fringe. Color(s): Pinkish plain weave (rose red?) for top part of poncho fragment. The lower part is thinly striped (badly degraded, but appears to have blue stripes). Needle-knitted bound armhole is in red and other undetermined colors. .