Textile Fragment
29672
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29672 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Iconography | Mythology | Figures |
| Description | Delicate gobelin border with mythological figures. In 4 pieces, very brittle. Very fine tapestry weave border strips (fragments of). This piece has at least 4 readable fragments of any size and multiple other small bits. One of the fragments has a "knitted" strip. The design is a mythological figure. Weft fringe. Evidence that this border was attached to a "crepe" piece (small fragment of "crepe" piece still attached). Color(s): Brown, red, pink, white, yellow, blue (?) and black. |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2068 - Field No SF |
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