Cloth

29492A

From: Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29492A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Beneath The Temple | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

This very long textile is considered a "tapestry shroud" for the mummy. Mentioned in length in Vanstan's book, this textile is incomplete. Comprised of four webs that are roughly 18-19 cm wide. These webs are attached along the warpwise selvages with saddler's stitches. Mentioned in Ina Vanstan’s book “Textiles from Beneath the Temple of Pachacamac, Peru”, p. 43. (1967). Fig.43. Figure is a "reconstruction" of the entire shroud. Color(s): Predominately a dark vibrant rose, red, off-white, medium and dark blues, tan and yellow. Repeated figure with crown. Some of the blue is so intense that it looks black.

Length 257 cm
Width 71.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 3179A - Field No SF

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