Border

29620B

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29620B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Tapestry, Fringe

Fragment of a border with remnants of a sheer crepe (part of a sheer crepe poncho) with an additional border/element of tapestry border with weft fringe on both sides. The border is a tapestry weave with slit tapestry components and a weft fringe. There is red and green embroidery over the tapestry and the slit tapestry sections. The crepe poncho fragments are dark brown. There are seams attaching the crepe fragments to the slit tapestry border and the tapestry border with weft fringe on both sides. Color(s): Red, green, and shades of brown. 29620b has a narrow strip in addition-part of sheer poncho with vertical fringed tapestry band.

Length 67 cm
Width 9.53 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 203 - Field No SF

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