Pouch

29872

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29872
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Culture Area Andean
Locus From a mummy
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Small, crudely sewed up small striped cloth with herbs or some other substance tied into one corner.

A small plain weave white "pouch" with blue stripes. The pouch was made by folding the textile in half and sewing the three(?) sides shut. It is not certain if the pouch originally had an opening. Three seams were originally present. Some seams are present that do not appear to be functional (they are not sewing two edges shut). A small area (a corner?) is tied shut, forming a little bundle; some material is enclosed in this little bundle. Color(s): White, blue.

Length 10 cm
Width 12 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1024W - Field No SF

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