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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
- Paracas Necropolis
- Early Intermediate period
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
Acari
| |
| 38-28-30/4158 | Border, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 38-28-30/4141 | Shoulder poncho, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 38-28-30/4132 | Mantle, plainweave, unfinished |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
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| |
| 42-28-30/4862 | Mantle, weft-patterned |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
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| |
| 38-28-30/4134 | Shawl, embroidered |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 38-28-30/4144 | Shoulder poncho, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 38-28-30/4139 | Shoulder poncho, embroidered; Paracas Broadline style |
Woven Fiber
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 32-30-30/46 | Mantle, embroidered; linear style |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Pisco?
| |
| 38-28-30/4113A | Bag - 2 ply wool plain weave embroidered in stripes with animal& human motifs |
Raw Material
Woven Fiber |
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 38-28-30/4135 | Headcloth, embroidered |
Woven Fiber
Raw Material |
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 42-12-30/3264 | Textile, gauze |
Woven Fiber
|
Casma
Huacho? |