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Object Number
63-12-30/8406
Display Title
Mantle, embroidered, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description
Mantle fragment of 1-1 plainweave brown cotton, embroidered checkerboard fashion with squares depicting the "Oculate Being", a large-eyed, "smiling" feline with head appendage ending in trophy head. Stem stitch embroidery covers surface, with linear design in dark green, dark blue, yellow, on pink-red ground (all camelid, z-2s). Warp: brown cotton, (z-2s), 14 epcm. Weft: brown cotton, (z-2s), 12 epcm.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven mantle, plainweave, embroidered checked and effigy design
Classification
- Woven Fiber
- Raw Material
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Early Horizon 10
- Paracas Necropolis
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Pisco Province
/
Paracas?
/
Paracas Necropolis?
Materials
Cotton, Camelid
Dimensions
Overall: 26 x 18 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
63-12-30/8406
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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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| 63-12-30/8407 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8405 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8408 | Border, mantle, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8409 | Border, mantle, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8412A | Mantle, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8399 | Organic, woven mantle, embroidered block design, anthropomorphic figures |
Fabric
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8400 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8402 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8411A | Organic, woven textile border, mantle, warp-striped, fringed |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8419 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8412B | Mantle, embroidered |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Paracas Necropolis?
|