Loin Cloth

Textile Fragment

29995

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29995
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Technique Bobbin Weave
Iconography Zoomorphic
Description

Zoomorphic / striped. Stripes alternating design of small birds. Single faced bobbin pattern weave. Red, white and brown.

Fragment of a single-faced bobbin weave. Stripes alternating from a plain tan to decorative. The decorative stripes have either a bird-in-block pattern or a diagonal small bird design. Along one edge, is the remnants of a seam. At another edge, is evidence of a bound (knitted) edge. Color(s): Yellow, white, pink, brown and red.

Length 30 cm
Width 45 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2072 - Field No SF

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