Cloth

29870

From: Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29870
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Locus From a mummy
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Large fragment of a blue textile. The piece is joined in different ways from a running stitch to a whipstitch into a patchwork of pieces, all dyed blue. Mainly plain weave, but there are a couple of areas that have what appears to be a supplementary weave in a diamond (or zigzag) design. Color(s): Blue.

Length 116 cm
Width 96 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1084B - Field No SF

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