Pouch Fragment

29894

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29894
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

With part of carrying band. Design: cat with six heads; one body. Three rows of fine knitting sewed flat on edge. Band tubular weave with color changes in triangles as double cloth

Two fragments in a tapestry weave depicting a six-headed cat. A tubular woven band attached to one of the two fragments. Color(s): Red, green yellow and brown.

Length 46 cm
Width 33 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1770A - Field No SF

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