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Border, embroidered
Object Number 32-75-30/F857
Display Title Border, embroidered
Descriptions
Object Description Border, embroidered. Repeats of a figure in serpent headdress holding serpent-headed staffs, embroidered in stem stitch with camelid yarns in about 12 colors (2s plied). Ground cloth brown cotton plainweave (2s plied).
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, textile border, embroidered, multicolored figurative
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Paracas Necropolis
  • Early Horizon 10
  • Early Intermediate Period 2
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Ica Region / Pisco Province / Pisco?
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast?
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 89.5 x 12 cm (35 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-75-30/F857

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