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Tapestry

Pouch Fragment

Object Number:29927
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Peru
Pachacamac
Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Culture Area: Andean
Locus: From a mummy
Section:American
Materials:Cotton
Length: 18 cm
Width: 17 cm
Credit Line:William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number:370K - Field No SF

Description

Face: back of plain coarse cloth

Fragment of a pouch (most likely). Tapestry weave on one side, and plain weave on the other. Remnants of side seams. Design on tapestry side is a diagonal saw tooth and diamonds. Color(s): Brown, black, red?.

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