Loin Cloth

Textile Fragment

29996

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29996
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Fragment Tapestry; Zoomorphic. Tapestry weave with stripes of single faced bobbin weave. Cat and other design

Fragment of woven cloth with 2 wide rows (along the edge) and 6 narrower rows of a single-sided bobbin weave (floats on verso). Cat head designs visible in narrower bands. Two edges have needle-knitted binding. According to the catalogue card, this is a part of a "loin cloth". Color(s): Red, yellow and brown.

Length 32 cm
Width 44.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2652 - Field No SF

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