Loin Cloth

29504

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29504
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Culture Area Andean
Locus From the loosened soil.
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Brocade. Brown on white in small geometric pattern.

Fragment of a finely woven cotton plain weave with a brocaded pattern. Floats are on verso. Design is a small repetitive geometric pattern. A seam/join is visible. Catalogue record identifies this as a "loin cloth". Color(s): White ground and brown brocade.

Length 53 cm
Width 28 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 364 - Field No SF

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