Loin Cloth
Apron (uncertain)
29502
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29502 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Wool |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Iconography | Bird Head |
| Description | Loin cloth (or apron) with an embroidered pattern in diamonds with birds head center. Warp fringe. Loin clothes of this shape are worn by the fishers, on going out fishing; the cloth is put on beginning at the back. Patterned band, supplemental floats in orange and brown wool. Warp fringe. Waist band is a separate piece in a warp-faced plain weave stitched to top. Color(s): White cotton, and orange and brown camelid yarns. |
| Length | 100 cm |
| Width | 46 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2030 - Field No SF |
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