Textile Fragment Mounted on Modern Fabric
Arts of the Americas
CULTURE
Paracas Necropolis
MEDIUM
Camelid fiber
DATES
0–100 C.E.
PERIOD
Early Intermediate Period
DIMENSIONS
3 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (9.5 × 11.4 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER
34.560.1
CREDIT LINE
George C. Brackett Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Embroidered bird figure in black, dark blue, green, yellow, red, beige, and light blue from a Paracas textile.
Size: undetermined or adult; probable wearer: undetermined or male. Plain weave with a vertical camelid fiber warp and camelid fiber weft. Camelid fiber embroidery. The iconography represents a bird with an animal-like head. Also see 86.224.96 in the Brooklyn Museum collection; these fragments are obviously from the same original even though acquired at different times (Ann Rowe).
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Paracas Necropolis. Textile Fragment Mounted on Modern Fabric, 0–100 C.E. Camelid fiber, 3 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (9.5 × 11.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, George C. Brackett Fund, 34.560.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.560.1_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 34.560.1_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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