Cloth Fragment

27538

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 27538
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Locus Found with mummy.
Section American
Materials Cotton | Wool
Description

Remnants of a cotton cloth with narrow black woolen border; finely woven.

Cloth. Function or form unclear, as too brittle to unfold at this time. Measurements are taken with the object folded. Cotton plain weave ground cloth with double weft. Narrow black fringe. A join in the ground cloth was spotted. Color(s): White ground fabric, with narrow black fringe border. .

Length 59 cm
Width 30 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1005F - Field No SF

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