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Object Number
63-12-30/8407
Display Title
Mantle, embroidered, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description
Mantle fragment of 1-1 plainweave natural tan cotton with checkerboard design of embroidered squares depicting the "Oculate Being", a large-eyed, smiling figure with trophy head appendages. Figures done in parallel lines of dark blue, dark green, yellow, on red ground; stem stitching completely covers surface of squares. Weft selvages joined. Warp: natural tan cotton, (z-2s), 18 epcm. Weft: natural tan cotton, (z-2s), 13 epcm.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven fiber, embroidered squares, multicolored feline designs
Classification
- Woven Fiber
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Early Horizon 10
- Paracas Necropolis
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Ica Region
/
Pisco Province
/
Paracas?
/
Paracas Necropolis?
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 33.5 x 31.5 cm (13 3/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63-12-30/8406 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8404 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8408 | Border, mantle, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8405 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8409 | Border, mantle, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8400 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8411A | Organic, woven textile border, mantle, warp-striped, fringed |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8399 | Organic, woven mantle, embroidered block design, anthropomorphic figures |
Fabric
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8402 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8419 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8401 | Organic, mantle, embroidered fragment with anthropomorphic figures |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 32-30-30/43 | Mantle, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Pisco?
|