Loin Cloth
Textile Fragment
30006
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Younger Part
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 30006 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Younger Part |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | Covered in recent time. From a mummy |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Technique | Bobbin Weave |
| Iconography | Zoomorphic | Geometric Motif |
| Description | Decorated. Included bands of bobbin weave. Little birds in chevrons. Rectangular fragment of a plain weave cotton with bands of bobbin weave (single-faced) with floats on verso. There are 4 bands with a chevron design with small birds. At one end, there is a running stitch (function unclear). Also at this end, the edge is bound. The ground fabric is a cotton plain weave. Color(s): Tan, yellow, red and black. |
| Length | 45 cm |
| Width | 27 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1115A - Field No SF |
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