Textile Fragment

29856

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29856
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Culture Area Andean
Locus From a mummy
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

White with border of red and blue stripe. Finely and firmly woven. Used as mummy wrapping

Woven plain weave stripes (going in warp direction). Various parts sewn together. Unclear it's function. Multiple seams. Some whipstitches and some running stitches combining the parts. Color(s): White, red and blue.

Length 79 cm
Width 45 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1002F - Field No SF

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