Cloth
Textile
29756
From: Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29756 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | Probably from a mummy |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Embroidered in small figures of cats, etc. Two plain weave webs joined along center in the warp direction. Four rows of embroidered elements (both animal and geometric motifs). Catalogue card says "embroidered with cats". Several ties (plant fiber?) can be found throughout. Color(s): Embroidered elements are in brown, tan and pink. |
| Length | 112 cm |
| Width | 98 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 3193B - Field No SF |
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