Loin Cloth
Textile Fragment
30010B
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Younger Part
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 30010B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Younger Part |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | Covered in recent time. From a mummy |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Wool |
| Description | Decorated with three inserted bands of bobbin weave which utilizes the warp of the plain goods. Fragment of cotton plain weave with 3 rows of brocaded design (single sided with floats on verso/bobbin weave). Along one of these rows is a join as seen on verso. According to the catalogue card, this is a fragment of a loin cloth. Color(s): Brown, black and white. |
| Length | 24.5 cm |
| Width | 35.5 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1115E - Field No SF |
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