Textile Fragment

29766

From: Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29766
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Technique Bobbin Weave | Embroidered
Description

With an embroidered border of bobbin weave

Large plain weave textile with embroidered border of bobbin weave along one edge. Frog design in this section. The piece is constructed out of two very long webs joined in the middle along the warp direction. One web is shorter than the other. Plant fiber ties. Measurement is approximate. Color(s): White plain weave, red, yellow, pink, and green embroidered frogs.

Length 270 cm
Width 149 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1139D - Field No SF | 789g - Other Number

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