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Object Number 2004.29.9785
Display Title Part of a large Manto
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Paracas / Peru / Ancient Peruvian embroidery from Paracas: part of a large Manto (99 in. by 58 in.) decorated in the centre with brilliantly coloured ritual figures in sixty-nine panels, with twenty-four larger figures in the fringed border. / From the "Illustrated London News" - Sept. 16, 1933. / (Dr. Tozzer)
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Peruvian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Pisco Province / Paracas
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 21.59 cm (6 × 8 1/2 in.)

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