Poncho Fragment
29615
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29615 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Technique | Painted |
Description | Fragmentary light poncho. Crepe with painted panels, interlocking blue, pink, yellow scrolls separated by sewed on tapestry finged on both sides at regular intervals. Bottom with sewed on tapestry borders; the upper with complex double-fringed band and with diamond overlay stitch; lower border fringed. Fragmentary poncho. Main structure in a crepe type technique that is painted in a scroll design. Added fringed tapestry elements attached in lines down the poncho and along the bottom hem. Color(s): Off-white crepe sections that have a painted design in blue. Tapestry elements are in red, brown, and yellow. |
Length | 74 cm |
Width | 86 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 2301A - Field No SF |
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