Pouch

30839

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 30839
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Long Pad, Cotton inside, checkerboard and striped pattern. Made of two oblong pieces of cloth, plain and checker respectively, rudely sewed together; at each end the cords from the corners are drawn together and seized, the fiber sewing cords of the pad continuing beyond the cotton bundle. Stuffed with raw cotton

Elongated plain weave pouch with a checkerboard pattern on one side. Made from two lengths of textile stitched together at either end. There is a braided cord attached at either end of the pouch, however, they do not currently join with each other. Color(s): white, brown.

Length 42 cm
Width 10 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1232B - Field No SF

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