Poncho Fragment
| Object Number: | 29851A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Peru Pachacamac Gravefield I, Oldest Part |
| Culture Area: | Andean |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cotton |
| Length: | 49 cm |
| Width: | 55 cm |
| Credit Line: | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number: | 954B - Field No SF |
Description
Loom stripe, white, brown, blue and yellow on red ground: central panel plain brown.
Fragment of a woven "poncho". Arm aperture in side seam. One part of the piece is the red loom striped and the other part is a cotton plain weave; they are joined with a seam. The plain weave side is distorted and difficult to read. Arm aperture is bound in a "needle-knit" technique. Color(s): Red, white, blue, brown and yellow.
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