Pouch Fragment

29676

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29676
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton | Wool
Description

Loom stripe with neat embroidered quincunx design.

Fragment of finely woven striped textile (according to catalogue card it's a "fragment of pouch". There are plain red stripes and decorative stripes with a design (five points or "x"s) and a swirl helix pattern that is slightly raised. Side edges have remnants of being bound. Color(s): Red, yellow and brown.

Length 8.7 cm
Width 8 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 1024V - Field No SF

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