Textile Fragment

30167

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 30167
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Technique Brocade
Description

In red and black, pattern continuous but the colors arranged in checkerboard squares with interlocking brocade stitch

Cotton plain weave with a brocaded pattern in an alternating red and brown/black checkerboard pattern. Three selvages present. One edge has a bound edge (needle knitted?). Color(s): White cotton ground fabric, with red and brown camelid brocade embroidery.

Length 38 cm
Width 32 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 359 - Field No SF

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