Textile Fragment
30279
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I (uncertain) | Gravefield II (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 30279 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I (uncertain) | Gravefield II (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | One third of width close woven in yellow-red-yellow loom stripe; remainder of width wide mesh (1/2) open simple weave. Similar to 30276 Plain weave cotton cloth. About 1/3 of width is more densely woven with tan warp strands covering the blue weft strands. The card mentions this section has a red-yellow loom stripe - this is not longer visible through there are areas that could indicate faded color. The rest of the cloth is an open weave of blue warp and weft threads making a mesh-like structure. Color(s): tan and blue. |
| Length | 119 cm |
| Width | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2103D - Field No SF |
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