Textile Fragment

30184

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 30184
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Technique Embroidered
Description

Narrow tapestry heading; main part bobbin weave in interlocking fish design; additional embroidered pattern in step arrangement of narrow bars, etc

Plain weave cloth of undyed cotton with embroidered and tapestry woven edging design. There is a bound edge around the two sides with the design elements. The tapestry woven design is in pink and dark brown and the card states that it is interlocking fish. This runs in a thick band near the edge before forming to a stepped structure near the corner of the cloth. Above the tapestry steps there are interlocking spirals embroidered in step formation. Color(s): white ,dark brown, pink, yellow, brown.

Length 20 cm
Width 49 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2073 - Field No SF

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