Poncho Fragment

29573

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29573
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Fine loose weave, painted in style suggesting tie-dye; light bands with brown spots and greenish leaf-shaped figures. Tapestry middle band with figures having pile knot tails. Tapestry border.

Fragment of a poncho, but still has one arm/sleeve and neck aperture left, so the structure can be identified. The body of the poncho is done in a loose weave/crepe type construction and painted in a geometric ("dots") design. The middle panel and bottom border are tapestries. The bottom border has fringe. Color(s): Painted crepe section in green, brown and tan. Tapestry sections in green, brown, blue and dark brown, and white.

Length 78 cm
Width 66 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1214 - Field No SF

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