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Object Number 32-30-30/52
Display Title Embroidered mantle depicting llamas
Descriptions
Object Description Mantle, embroidered. Plainweave of natural vicuna. Across center a row of llamas embroidered in stem stitch in many shades of camelid. In corners a mother llama nurses her young. Around sides an edge of cross-knit looping in same yarns. Warp: natural vicuna, (2s plied). Weft: natural vicuna, (2s plied). Paired with 32-30-30/44.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, plainweave, embroidered llamas, red fringe
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Horizon 10
  • Early Intermediate Period 1
  • Paracas Necropolis
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Pisco Province / Paracas?
Dimensions Overall: 114 × 276 cm (44 7/8 × 108 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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