Textile Fragment
30360A
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I (uncertain) | Gravefield II (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
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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