Poncho Fragment

30180

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 30180
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Technique Embroidered
Description

Fragment. According to catalogue records, this is a fragment of a poncho. One cut edge (along the top). Other edges have selvages, so web width can be determined. Embroidery at bottom in a geometric band with stair-step design at corner. There is a front and back, as the back has the knots from the embroidery. Bound edges at site of embroidery. Finely woven. Color(s): off-white base with applied embroidery in dark brown/black.

Length 49 cm
Width 47 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2037 - Field No SF

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