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Shawl?, embroidery
Object Number 63-12-30/8421
Display Title Shawl?, embroidery
Descriptions
Object Description Shawl(?); plainweave cloth of dark blue camelid (warp, weft: z-2s, 10 epcm.) embroidery with four pairs of Horizontal bands (4.5 cm., width). Design: repeated pairs of felines in reversed position. Parallel lines of their backs and tails from an elongated fret, repeated in stepped fret between pairs of felines; stem stitch embroidery in dark blue, dark green, yellow, on red ground. One warp, two weft selvages.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile, embroidered feline stripe pattern, dark blue
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Paracas Necropolis
  • Early Horizon 10
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Pisco Province / Paracas? / Paracas Necropolis?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 75.5 x 73 cm (29 3/4 x 28 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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