Backstrap (uncertain)

29732

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

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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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