Border
Textile Fragment
29699A
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29699A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | From a mummy |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | One of 5 fragment of a fine gobelin border. Eccentric weave. Diagonal design differing from fragment to fragment. Four interlocking cats. From mummy #26651. Long thin fragment of a tapestry border/band. Design is interlocking animals. Catalogue record says that the design is "four interlocking cats" (?). There is one join and off to one side of this join is a small section with a bound edge. Color(s): Red, green, tan, white, brown and dark blue. |
| Length | 63 cm |
| Width | 6.5 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 737A - Field No SF |
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