Cloth

Textile

30364

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

View All (5) Object Images

Object Number 30364
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

With stripe. Such cloths are found partly folded and tied around the head and partly sewed (or flattened around the mummy bale). Striped with narrow braided border

A square fragment of a striped woven textile with a bound edge ("needle knitted). One seam going part of the way into the textile, possibly used as a dart. Four plant fiber "ties" at one end. Color(s): Blue, brown, tan and white.

Length 56 cm
Width 62 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 201 - Field No SF

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.