Paracas
Mantle border fragment
Paracas, 200
Physical Qualities
Cotton, camelid fiber, 9 13/16 × 14 3/8 in. (25 × 36.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Frank J. and Elizabeth L. Goodnow Collection
Object Number
1953.209.6
Undyed cotton plainweave cloth, linear style embroidered in red, green, yellow, and blue camelid fiber. Stacked oculate felines occupy the principle design field which is diagonally cut by a bright yellow serrated band. The fringed edge of the textile is separated from the central cloth by a red cross-knit looped band. The band includes miniature designs in blue, green, and yellow. The ply/twist of the red, yellow, and green fringe is 2Z/2S.
Darienne Turner, Baltimore Museum of Art, Ancient Americas Gallery Rotations, December 12, 2021.
