Loin Cloth
Textile Fragment
30003
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Younger Part
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 30003 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Younger Part |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | Covered in recent time. From a mummy |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Wool |
| Description | Decorated. Broad stripes of single faced bobbin weave. Bird pattern in brown, black and yellow. Fragment of cloth. Fragment is divided into nine stripes (five with a decorative diamond design and four undecorated plain weave). The five highly decorative bands have large floats on verso (definite front and back). Both weft selvage edges have a decorative knitted bound finish (needle knitting?). Across one edge is attached a band. Color(s): Brown, black, yellow and off-white. |
| Length | 28 cm |
| Width | 42 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1129E - Field No SF |
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