Applique

29622B

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29622B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Tapestry with stitch overlay and looped weave fringed head with pendant wrapped cords ending in tassels. Doubtless from a sheer poncho.

Small tapestry "element" or fragment. It appears to be a headdress shaped applique in red, blue, and yellow with three wrapped yarns at the bottom ending in tassel-like loosely spun yarns. Most likely part of a larger poncho. Color(s): Red, yellow and blue.

Length 25 cm
Width 8.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 3229N - Field No SF

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