Poncho
29754
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29754 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | Of a mummy bale |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Of a mummy bale of heavy close woven rep with "worm holes" opening at top; with double layer (sewed on) for lower two thirds. Made with lengthwise goods around body, seamed in front. See 26648 Cotton plain weave constructed into a very large "poncho". Double helix embroidery down center. Color(s): Plain cotton is an pinky-off-white color (dyed or pigmented cotton), and applied embroidery (double helix design) is in brown, pink, yellow and blue. Embroidery appears to be in wool. Base fabric cotton. |
| Length | 102 cm |
| Width | 130.5 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 974B - Field No SF |
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