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30318

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 30318
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Cotton
Technique Brocade
Description

Single Face Bob Weave; Zoomorphic. Diagonal pattern of brown birds outlined in red on yellow ground. "plaited" edge finish along loom string and around on edge. The cloth on which this and border was woven is of loose weave with small embroidered squares in conventional pattern.

Fragment of a plain weave cotton woven textile with a band of a brocaded edge (single-sided with floats on verso). The brocaded edge has a bound edge. In the plain weave section there is also some brown embroidered elements. Color(s): Brown, off-white, and red.

Length 53 cm
Width 13.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2075 - Field No SF

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