Poncho
30292
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 30292 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | From a mummy |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Thick, loose weave with raise zigzag pattern made by lifting warp threads and passing supplementary threads behind them either to remain or be cut away? Finished end is comparatively short. Thick cotton poncho with only one side sewn up. Loose weave with a raised zigzag pattern on both sides. Supplementary wefts can be seen on the inside. Color(s): Shades of tan and white. Most likely just undyed white, but degradation has accentuated the unusual zigzag pattern. |
| Length | 80 cm |
| Width | 59 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1222 - Field No SF |
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