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Object Number 63-12-30/8402
Display Title Mantle, embroidered, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Eleven pieces of plainweave mantle in red camelid, embroidered checkerboard fashion with squares (8 x 8 in.) depicting flying men holding tumi knives and batons. Stem stitch embroidery covers surface of squares with dark green camelid (z-2s). Figures: gold, purple, brown camelid (z-2s). Warp: red camelid, (z-2s), 13 epcm. Weft: red camelid, (z-2s), 11 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, embroidered squares, figures, red plainweave
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: 18.7 x 8.5 cm (7 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 12

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