Shroud
32321
From: Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 32321 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Northwest of the Town | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | From a mummy |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Apparently wrapping for a mummy bale with incorporated apron-like piece which has rows of pleating on both sides. According to the catalogue records, this is a garment. Currently unable to read this as a garment. Multiple layers attached in a patchwork type construction. "Apparently wrapping for a mummy bale with incorporated apron-like piece which as rows of pleating on both sides". Some plain weave textile and some striped. One open weave section (layer) with a chevron design near "neck". Color(s): mainly undyed tans and off-white, but one area of striped material containing a blue/green stripe. |
| Length | 102 cm |
| Width | 109 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2642E - Field No SF |
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