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Object Number
63-12-30/8419
Display Title
Mantle, embroidered, fragment
Descriptions
Object Description
Twenty-one squares, each has foundation of green camelid plainweave (z-2s), one brown cotton (z-2s); all completely covered with stem stitch embroidery depicting "Oculate Being", large-eyed smiling head surrounded by curled rays. Two squares depict large-eyed head with straight mouth, no rays.
Inventory Description
Organic, woven mantle, squares, geometric design, embroidered, fragment
Classification
- Raw Material
- 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
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 17 x 8 cm (6 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
63-12-30/8419
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63-12-30/8404 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8415 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8406 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8407 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8405 | 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?
| |
| 63-12-30/8399 | Organic, woven mantle, embroidered block design, anthropomorphic figures |
Fabric
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8402 | Mantle, embroidered, fragment |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8408 | Border, mantle, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 63-12-30/8401 | Organic, mantle, embroidered fragment with anthropomorphic figures |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis?
| |
| 32-30-30/46 | Mantle, embroidered; linear style |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Pisco?
|