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Mantle, embroidered
Object Number 38-28-30/4156
Display Title Mantle, embroidered
Descriptions
Object Description Mantle - basic fabric 2 ply dark blue wool in irregular plain weave; 2 webs formed thru center; superimposed along 2 sides rose wool plain weave borders embroidered with human motif in 2 ply wool; length 2.53 x width 1.30 mns,; warp 20 x weft 16 per inch: Embroidered mantle of 1-1 plainweave blue/black camelid; two webs stitched together. Around the edge is stitched a loosely woven border, plainwoven of red camelid and embroidered with flying human figures with t? knives in their mouthes. Figures are embroidered in stem stitch with dark brown, dark green, ochre, brown, gray, and red camelid. Mulitcolored fringe attatched at outer edge. Four selvages. Warp: camelid, (z-2s), 9 epcm. Weft: cameild, (z-2s), 7 epcm.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, blue plainweave, multicolored border, figures, fringe
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Intermediate period
  • Paracas Necropolis
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Pisco Province / Paracas / Paracas Necropolis
Intrasite Mummy bundle
Additional Geographic Terms South Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 109 x 81 cm (42 15/16 x 31 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2+
Provenance
Collector Nelson Rockefeller (1937)
Donor Donated by Nelson Rockefeller (03/18/1938)

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