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29588

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29588
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Iconography Corn
Description

Corn Plant Design

Slit tapestry woven cotton fragment. The panel shows what appears to be two plant-like images with three branches, each topped in blue. This is then bordered by more geometric design elements. The length sides have seams that attach them to fragments of a more tightly woven plain weave cloth. Color(s): off-white, blue, green, yellow, brown, white.

Length 20 cm
Width 31 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1759B - Field No SF

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