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Mantle border

Paracas, 200-300

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Paracas

Mantle border

Paracas

Mantle border

Paracas, 200-300

Physical Qualities Cotton, camelid fiber, natural dyes, 3 3/4 × 40 15/16 in. (9.5 × 104 cm.)
Credit Line Purchase with exchange funds from Frank J. and Elizabeth L. Goodnow Collection
Object Number 1953.209.1
Corner portion, composite warp-patterned weave, stem-stitched in broad line embroidery style. Every fourth block shows occulate feline in profile in green on maroon. Style, quality of cloth, iconography, fringe, indicate an elite burial cloth from the Paracas Peninsula.

Culture

Paracas

2000–2000

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