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Textile

29673

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29673
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Iconography Cat? | Bird
Description

kelim. Design: cat? (birds in square) with interlocking scroll border, needle knitting on both ends; red, rose, purple, blue, brown, yellow and white.

Small tapestry woven band with a design of interlocking scrolls along the border, two large creatures, and three small white squares with a creature (bird?) inside. Small rectangles of negative space in the tapestry create a brick-like effect around these white squares. Warp ends are needle-knit bound. There is evidence (small ties along the warp direction) that this piece was attached to something else. Color(s): Red, white, blue, yellow and brown.

Length 36 cm
Width 11 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 277 - Field No SF

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