Loin Cloth

Textile Fragment

30009

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 30009
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Culture Area Andean
Locus From the loosened soil
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Decorated with bobbin weave bands

Fragment of woven cloth with 2 bands/stripes of double-sided bobbin weave. This weaving appears to be over the plain weave base. Evidence of a needle-knitted binding along edge. According to the catalogue card, this is a part of a "loin cloth". Color(s): Red, yellow and brown.

Length 27 cm
Width 18 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 362 - Field No SF

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