Border

Textile Fragment

29699B

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29699B
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" (?). Color(s): Red, green, tan, white, brown and dark blue.

Length 58 cm
Width 7 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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