Backstrap (uncertain)
29732
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29732 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | Red and white loom pattern in fret design, both ends sewed up, cord run through and left hanging. Long red and white loom patterned textile, sewn shut along the lengthwise direction (web folded in half) with a white running stitch. Warp ends are also sewn shut with a running stitch. At each end, there is a long woven band (made from the warp ends?). T Catalogue records identifies this textile as either a "weaver's back strap". Plain weave. Color(s): Red and white . |
Length | 73 cm |
Width | 10 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 954 D - Field No SF |
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