Crepe

Cloth Fragment

32350

From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 32350
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton | Crepe
Technique Embroidered
Iconography Bird
Description

Brown with red and yellow eyes on white cloth, simple weave with two warp threads picked at a time. Bird motif

Fragment of a crepe textile (paired warps) with embroidered birds. Birds are in brown with yellow and red yellow eyes. There are two seams present. Along one end is a double layer. A light brown cotton plain weave is attached to the underside of the crepe. Color(s): White, brown, yellow and red.

Length 55 cm
Width 52 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2898D - Field No SF

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