Loin Cloth
Textile Fragment
30011A
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 30011A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Wool |
Description | Zoomorphic, geometric, bird, chevron. bobbin weave. Red, yellow, brown and white. Fragment of woven cloth with 3 bands/stripes of a single-sided bobbin weave (floats on verso). This weaving appears to be over the plain weave base. Remnants of a needle-knitted edge. Evidence of what appears to be a join to a plain weave cloth along one of the long edges. According to the catalogue card, this is a part of a "loin cloth". Color(s): White, red, tan? and yellow. |
Length | 16 cm |
Width | 20 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 2073 - Field No SF |
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