Loin Cloth

Textile Fragment

29993

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29993
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Iconography Zoomorphic
Description

Fragment; Rep with narrow stripes and wider ones of single faced bobbin weave. Tiny birds in block design-cats heads in bobbin weave

Rectangular fragment with solid stripes and decorative brocaded stripes. The brocaded stripes are in two different designs: a narrow one with repetitive blocks containing a small animal (bird?) and wider ones along two edges with a repetitive "v" shape with a tiny cat heads. A plain triangular shaped piece is joined to the striped piece. Evidence of bound edges. Color(s): Tan, yellow, red, and off-white.

Length 33 cm
Width 59 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2093 - Field No SF

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