Loin Cloth
Textile Fragment
29993
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29993 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Iconography | Zoomorphic |
| Description | Fragment; Rep with narrow stripes and wider ones of single faced bobbin weave. Tiny birds in block design-cats heads in bobbin weave Rectangular fragment with solid stripes and decorative brocaded stripes. The brocaded stripes are in two different designs: a narrow one with repetitive blocks containing a small animal (bird?) and wider ones along two edges with a repetitive "v" shape with a tiny cat heads. A plain triangular shaped piece is joined to the striped piece. Evidence of bound edges. Color(s): Tan, yellow, red, and off-white. |
| Length | 33 cm |
| Width | 59 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2093 - Field No SF |
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