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Textile Fragment

30315A

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 30315A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Wool
Technique Brocade
Description

zoomorphic. Single faced bobbin weave in cathead, bird head design. Red borderd black on white. Edge of A finished with "needle knitting"

Narrow fragment of a woven band/border, single-sided design (floats on verso). Design appears to be bird and cat heads. Needle-knitted finished edge. Color(s): Black, red, and yellow.

Length 28 cm
Width 4 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 384B - Field No SF

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