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Border, embroidered
Object Number 32-74-30/F854
Display Title Border, embroidered
Descriptions
Object Description Border, embroidered. Plainweave of brown cotton (warp and weft 2s plied), completely covered with stem stitch embroidery in many shades of camelid (2s plied). Figures of dancers wearing masks are repeated along the border.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile fragment, border, figurative embroidery
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Horizon 10
  • Early Intermediate Period 2
  • Paracas Necropolis?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Pisco Province / Paracas?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 126 x 9 cm (49 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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