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Object Number
63-12-30/8401
Display Title
Organic, mantle, embroidered fragment with anthropomorphic figures
Descriptions
Object Description
Fragments of mantle - 2 interior fragments, 3 panel units (embroidered with falling figures); Fragment of plainweave mantle in red camelid, embroidered with three squares (8 x 9 cm.) depicting flying men holding tumi knives and batons. Stem stitch embroidery covers surface of squares with dark green camelid (z-2s). Figures: brown, gold, purple camelid (z-2s). Warp, weft: red camelid, 9z-2s), 11 epcm.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fragment, five colored blocks, three anthropomorphic figures
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Paracas
- Early Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Pisco Province
/
Paracas?
/
Paracas Necropolis?
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 44.5 x 10 cm (17 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Herbert Joseph Spinden
Donor
Mrs. Margaret Castle Tozzer
(1963)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63-12-30/8399 | Organic, woven mantle, embroidered block design, anthropomorphic figures |
Fabric
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Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8400 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8402 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8404 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8405 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8407 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8403 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8406 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8416 | Mantle?, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 38-28-30/4156 | Mantle, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 63-12-30/8419 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 32-30-30/46 | Mantle, embroidered; linear style |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Pisco?
|