Poncho Fragment

29727

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29727
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Culture Area Andean
Locus From the loosened soil
Section American
Materials Wool
Description

Red and white loom strips with floated fret design

One sided red and white fretted scroll designed cloth with floats on verso, probably half of a poncho. Fragments of undecorated plain weave cloth attached. Sewn to itself up one side, up to the arm hole, which has a needle knitted binding. Color(s): red, white, blue, tan.

Length 48 cm
Width 32 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 922 - Field No SF

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