Poncho Fragment

30026

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 30026
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Technique Woven
Description

Loom patterned strips, yellow, brown and green on dark red ground. Seamed at side? or central line? Inserted band (median?) between w. of 2 other breadths.

Fragment. According to catalogue records, this is a fragment of a poncho. Three joins still visible. Edges are cut, so difficult to make out construction and where this would fall within a poncho. There is an aperture but cannot confirm if this is a neck aperture or arm hole. Supplementary weave strips with decorative pattern going in warp direction. Small (thin) stripes (bands) also going in warp direction. Interesting small bit (10cm x 4cm) of a totally different type weave added along seam. Color(s): Yellow, green, brown on a dark red ground. .

Length 72 cm
Width 66 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2033A - Field No SF

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