Loin Cloth
Textile Fragment
29996
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29996 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Fragment Tapestry; Zoomorphic. Tapestry weave with stripes of single faced bobbin weave. Cat and other design Fragment of woven cloth with 2 wide rows (along the edge) and 6 narrower rows of a single-sided bobbin weave (floats on verso). Cat head designs visible in narrower bands. Two edges have needle-knitted binding. According to the catalogue card, this is a part of a "loin cloth". Color(s): Red, yellow and brown. |
| Length | 32 cm |
| Width | 44.5 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2652 - Field No SF |
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