Cloth

Textile

29891

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29891
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Birds in small squares, arranged with plain squares in checkerboard but zigzag as to colors. Border in bird design

Tapestry weave. All selvages present. Cloth can be divided up into three sections: one larger checkerboard section flanked by two thinner bands with another design pattern. The zigzag checkerboard pattern has a bird motif in alternating squares. Warp ends are bound. Color(s): Red, tan, white and black.

Length 49 cm
Width 26.01 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2022 - Field No SF

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