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29633

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29633
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Tapestry, geometric. Dark and light blue and yellow with diamond stitch overlay in heading.

Fragment of a tapestry woven border with fringe. Weft fringe. There is a red yarn couched in heading into a diamond "helix" pattern. Appears to have a cotton warp (and most likely a cotton weft too?). Color(s): Brown, light and dark blue, and red.

Length 149 cm
Width 6.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2071 - Field No SF

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