Pouch
30016
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Younger Part
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 30016 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Younger Part |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | From the loosened soil. Covered in recent times. Excavations are some 10 metres to the west of the foregoing ones at the foot of an old half-terrace. |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wool |
| Technique | Single Face Bobbin Weave |
| Description | Zoomorphic, Single Face Bobbin Weave. Designs: interlocking cats heads in zigzag arrangement; diagonal arrangement of tiny triangles. Tasseled corners. Woven pouch. One side has a interlocking diagonal cat head zigzag design, and the other side has a diagonal tiny triangle design. The weave is single faced. There is one remaining textile on one of the bottom corners. The top edge is bound. The sides are a red plain weave with a multicolored binding at along the seam. The measurements do not include the tassel. Color(s): yellow, red, and blue/green. |
| Length | 17.5 cm |
| Width | 20 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1088 - Field No SF |
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