Textile Fragment
30171
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 30171 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | From a mummy |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Brown and white. Bird design Fragment of plain weave with embroidery. The ground plain weave is most likely cotton. Woven design. Diamond patterned embroidery in zigzag. Color of embroidery is black. One bound edge (needle-knitted) and one warp selvage edge present. Catalogue card identifies the embroidery design as "bird design". Color(s): Off-white and black. |
| Length | 11.5 cm |
| Width | 27.5 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1218 - Field No SF |
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