Belt

31499

From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31499
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Description

This thick long belt has a middle section approx. 165 cm with cords measuring 76 and 80cm, making the whole belt roughly 321 cm long. At the end of the middle (main) section three wrapped cords then taper down to woven cords terminating in tassels. Catalogue card identifies it as "wool". Color(s): 6 brown stripes with 5 multicolored repetitively patterned stripes in between (red, tan and black). Cording is in brown, black, gray and tan.

Length 321 cm
Width 14.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897

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