Poncho Fragment
29571
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield II
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29571 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield II |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Iconography | Bird | Man | Cat Head |
| Description | Large. Gauze foundation with large figures of man-bird wearing crown-like headdress and breast ornament with cat head. Blue, green, yellow, brown. This poncho is composed of two crepe webs as the foundation with added tapestry elements (figurative and fringe). According to the catalogue card, the figures are of a "man-bird wearing crown-like headdress and breast ornament with cat head". Neck hole area is also a tapestry weave element, with geometric colored bars. Color(s): Main section (crepe) is off-white (most likely undyed). The added tapestry elements are blue, green, red, yellow and brown. |
| Length | 153 cm |
| Width | 135 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 1342 - Field No SF |
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