Cloth

29492B

From: Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29492B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

This fragment is made up of three partial panel. The evidence of 1 web is only 2 cm. The other two webs both roughly measure 19 - 20cm. Webs are joined together warpwise along the selvages with a saddler's stitch technique. Mentioned in Ina Vanstan’s book “Textiles from Beneath the Temple of Pachacamac, Peru”, p. 43. (1967). Fig.43. Figure is a "reconstruction" of the entire shroud. Color(s): Predominately rose, red, off-white, medium and dark blues, and yellow. Repeated figure with crown.

Length 103 cm
Width 54 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 3179B - Field No SF

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