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Object Number
63-12-30/8405
Display Title
Mantle, embroidered, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description
Mantle fragments; 1-1 plainweave brown cotton (z-2s), completely covered with stem stitch embroidery depicting "Oculate Being", a large-eyed smiling feline with head appendage ending in trophy head, and holding another trophy head. Design: parallel lines of yellow, dark blue, dark green, on red ground (all camelid (z-2s)), in square format (8 x 8 cm.). Below each square are two smaller versions of design, probably part of mantle border. 11.5 x 8 cm. (second fragment)
Inventory Description
Organic, woven mantle, plainweave, covered with embroidered design, fragment
Classification
- Woven Fiber
- Raw Material
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Paracas Necropolis
- Early Horizon 10
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Pisco Province
/
Paracas?
/
Paracas Necropolis?
Materials
Cotton, Camelid
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 11.5 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
63-12-30/8405
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63-12-30/8404 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
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Paracas Necropolis?
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| 63-12-30/8406 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8407 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8408 | Border, mantle, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8409 | Border, mantle, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8411A | Organic, woven textile border, mantle, warp-striped, fringed |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8412A | Mantle, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8413 | Mantle, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8415 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8412B | Mantle, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8419 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8399 | Organic, woven mantle, embroidered block design, anthropomorphic figures |
Fabric
|
Paracas Necropolis?
|