Textile or Mantle Fragment
Arts of the Americas
MEDIUM
Camelid fiber
DATES
200–600
PERIOD
Early Intermediate Period
DIMENSIONS
10 7/16 × 12 3/16 in. (26.5 × 31 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
86.224.96
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Textile fragment consisting of three embroidered birds with whiskers in blue, yellow, green, red, and beige on an olive green plain weave fabric.
Size: undetermined or adult. Probable wearer: undetermined or male. Vertical camelid fiber warp. Camelid fiber weft. Camelid fiber embroidery. Plain weave. Iconography: birds with animal-like heads. (AR)
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Paracas. Textile or Mantle Fragment, 200–600. Camelid fiber, 10 7/16 × 12 3/16 in. (26.5 × 31 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.96. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.224.96_bw_acetate.jpg)
IMAGE
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