Textile
Cloth
30954B
From: Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 30954B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | From a mummy |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Wrapper of a mummy bale This long textile is one web, since both weft selvages can be seen. Only one finished edge (finishing and ending the warp direction) is still visible. Small strings of an unknown material (bast fiber?) are attached in several places. Small holes where these ties once existed can be seen along the selvage. Color(s): Off-white. |
| Length | 137 cm |
| Width | 84 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1180C - Field No SF |
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