Textile Fragment

30360A

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I (uncertain) | Gravefield II (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 30360A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I (uncertain) | Gravefield II (uncertain)
Culture Area Andean
Period Incasic Period
Section American
Materials Cotton | Wool
Technique Brocade
Description

Brocaded in blocks arrange checkerboard-wise. Brown, tan and yellow. Incasic period, coast style

Plain weave cloth with added brocaded elements. The cloth fragment has four rectangles with remnants of others around the edges. There is a plain brown and plain white rectangle in opposite corners. The other two appear to have a zoomorphic design (double headed serpents?) brocaded onto them. Color(s): white, brown, yellow.

Length 13 cm
Width 20 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2103E - Field No SF

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