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Embroidered border
Object Number 32-30-30/50
Display Title Embroidered border
Descriptions
Object Description Embroidered border(?): 1-1 plainweave brown cotton ground cloth covered with camelid stem stitch embroidery. Vertical rows of monkeys seated in kprofile, facing alternate left/right directions in repeated color sequence of green, yellow, dark blue on red ground. Small fillers around figures-animal and human forms. ALong one side is edged of cross knit looping with small knobs of yarn in alternate colors. "Fragment of an embroidered border--design of monkeys, alternately faced and small human and animal motifs. The monkeys are in gold, dark blue, light and dark green wool"
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, border,embroidered, multicolored figurative, monkey patter
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Paracas Necropolis
  • Early Intermediate Period 1
  • Early Horizon 10
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Pisco Province / Paracas?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 57 x 14 cm (22 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1932
Provenance
Seller Dr. E. A. Cordiviola
Donor Donated by Dr. Thomas Barbour (09/26/1932)
Donor Donated by Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (09/26/1932)
Donor Donated by Philip A. Means (09/26/1932)

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