Poncho Fragment

33003

From: Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 33003
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Locus Of a mummy bale. From a tomb
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

This fragment of a "poncho" is composed of several webs. Remnants of joins exist. The center panel (where the head opening is located) is composed of a brocaded web. Flanking each side is a plain weave tan web. One web still has a striped section still visible. The center web is hemmed. Color(s): Brocaded area (center web) is a red plain weave with the supplementary design in tan. The webs on either side (though partial) appears to be a tan colored plain weave. One of these tan plain weave webs has warp direction stripes in red, brown and tan.

Length 99 cm
Width 92 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 3210 - Field No SF

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