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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
  • Early Intermediate period
  • Paracas
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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Organic, woven mantle, embroidered block design, anthropomorphic figures
63-12-30/8399 Organic, woven mantle, embroidered block design, anthropomorphic figures
Fabric
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Mantle, embroidered, fragment
63-12-30/8400 Mantle, embroidered, fragment
Woven Fiber
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63-12-30/8407 Mantle, embroidered, fragment
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63-12-30/8406 Mantle, embroidered, fragment
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Paracas Necropolis?
Mantle, embroidered, fragment
63-12-30/8404 Mantle, embroidered, fragment
Woven Fiber
Paracas Necropolis?
Mantle, embroidered, fragment
63-12-30/8405 Mantle, embroidered, fragment
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Raw Material
Paracas Necropolis?
Mantle, embroidered, fragment
63-12-30/8403 Mantle, embroidered, fragment
Woven Fiber
Raw Material
Paracas Necropolis?
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63-12-30/8416 Mantle?, embroidered, fragment
Woven Fiber
Paracas Necropolis?
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Raw Material
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Raw Material
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Pisco?