Poncho Fragment

30286

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 30286
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Half of a yellow and red poncho. Red top; yellow bottom; needle knitting at median seam. Of a child.

A large fragment of a plain weave "poncho" with a band of yellow at the bottom and the top in red dyed cotton. The textile is folded over at the top of the red section and there is a seam along the side (weft) edge of the yellow band. Color(s): red and yellow.

Length 29 cm
Width 27 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 343 - Field No SF

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