Poncho Fragment

30186

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I (uncertain) | Gravefield II (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 30186
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I (uncertain) | Gravefield II (uncertain)
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Iconography Bird
Description

half; with all over pattern, brocaded in red. Little birds in diamonds

Half of a "poncho". This is one side of a poncho with an open side (most likely the middle of the garment) and a seamed side (with a running stitch). The arm aperture is visible in the side seam. There is an all over design (one-sided) with little birds in diamonds brocaded in red onto the white plain weave substructure. Color(s): Red and white.

Length 90 cm
Width 49 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2028 - Field No SF

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