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Poncho Fragment

Band

Object Number:29581
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Peru
Pachacamac
Gravefield I (uncertain)
Culture Area: Andean
Section:American
Materials:Cotton
Technique:Brocade
Length: 53 cm
Width: 36 cm
Credit Line:William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number:1763A - Field No SF

Description

Middle band of light poncho. Tapestry with repeated pair of meeting figurines, one with staff. Was sewed to loose weave poncho.

Fragment of a section of tapestry weave bands joined together along with the remnants of the loose weave that it was attached to. The design of the tapestry bands depicts a pair of figures facing each other, one with a staff. Several joins. Color(s): Green, blue, and shades of brown.

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