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Object Number
38-28-30/4134
Display Title
Shawl, embroidered
Descriptions
Object Description
Scarf - single ply brown cotton crepey plain weave with rose-red, yellow, black wool embroidered border with cat demon motif Shawl of 1-1 plainweave brown cotton. Border (4 cm. width) around edge with repeats of oculate being with trophy heads in alternating directions; stem stitch embroidery using camelid yarns (z-2s): red ground, yellow, and dark purple figures. One warp end intact. Border continues for 14 cm. across warp selvage then stops leaving a gap of 14 cm. on border; other corner same. One warp, two weft selvages. Warp and weft: brown cotton, (s), 18 epcm.
Inventory Description
Organic, wove shawl, brown cotton plainweave, embroidered edge
Classification
- Raw Material
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Paracas Necropolis
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Pisco Province
/
Paracas
/
Paracas Necropolis
Intrasite
Mummy bundle
Materials
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 145 x 46 cm (57 1/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-28-30/4134
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38-28-30/4149 | Textile, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 38-28-30/4112 | Headcloth, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 38-28-30/4135 | Headcloth, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 38-28-30/4133 | Headcloth?, embroidered |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 38-28-30/4142 | Shoulder poncho, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 38-28-30/4139 | Shoulder poncho, embroidered; Paracas Broadline style |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 38-28-30/4141 | Shoulder poncho, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 38-10-30/1704 | Organic, textile band, embroidered, geometric decoration |
Fabric
|
Pisco
| |
| 38-28-30/4144 | Shoulder poncho, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 37-95-30/1665 | Textile, plainweave, supp.weft |
Woven Fiber
|
Huarmey
| |
| 38-28-30/4140 | Shoulder poncho, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 63-12-30/8408 | Border, mantle, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
|