Pouch
30079
Location: On Display in the Ancient Food & Flavor
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 30079 |
| Current Location | Ancient Food & Flavor - On Display |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | 200-600 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wool |
| Technique | Single Face Bobbin Weave |
| Description | Zoomorphic. Red, yellow and black. Horizontal zigzag lines of small interlocking birds. Single faced bobbin weave with needle knitted edge. Carrying band tubular edged Woven pouch with handle/carrying band. Pouch is a single web folded in half and joined along the sides. The side and top edges are bound with a looping (needle-knitted) technique. The patterning on the pouch is single-sided (floats on inside) with a wide middle stripe with zigzag lines of small interlocking birds flanked by narrower solid stripes. The handle/carrying band is a patterned tube. Pouch measures: 22 x 29 cm. Handle measures: 74 x 3.5 cm Color(s): Red, black and yellow. |
| Length | 22 cm |
| Width | 29 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2049 - Field Number |
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