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Object Number
2004.29.9786
Display Title
Section of a large Manto
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: Paracas / Peru / AA section of a large Manto (113 in. by 48 in.), with black ground, the centre embroidered with birds in various colours, in thirty-nine panels, and the fringed border containing thirty similar birds. / From the "Illustrated London News" - Sept. 16, 1933. / (Dr. Tozzer)
Department
Photographic
Culture
- Peruvian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
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Peru
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Ica Region
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Pisco Province
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Paracas
Materials
Print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 15.875 × 22.225 cm (6 1/4 × 8 3/4 in.)
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