Cloth

30245

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 30245
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Culture Area Andean
Locus From the loosened soil
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Bobbin stripes and darns, with strings

Weft banded plain weave cotton. The wefts in the middle of the cloth were left long on one side, and woven again separately from the main piece. Also, along the warp there is a added suprastructural weaving that ends in extra ties approximately 4 cm from the warp selvages. All extended ties and yarns beyond the main weaving were not included in the measurements. Color(s): off-white and tan.

Length 20 cm
Width 17 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 949H - Field No SF

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