Textile Fragment
29663
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29663 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Embroidered in squares. Checkerboard arrangement design: conventionalized fish. Fragment of a plain weave cotton cloth, with a supplemental "embroidery" design (most likely added while on loom). One selvage edge and evidence of a join and bound edge. Color(s): White ground and red, blue, pink, green and brown embroidery. |
| Length | 30.5 cm |
| Width | 59 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 3229A - Field No SF |
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