Paracas. <em>Textile Fragment, unascertainable, Border or Poncho, Border, Fragment</em>, 0–100 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 15 3/4 x 1 9/16 in. (40 x 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, George C. Brackett Fund, 34.562.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.562.1_SL1.jpg)

Textile Fragment, unascertainable, Border or Poncho, Border, Fragment

Artist:Paracas

Medium: Cotton, camelid fiber

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:0–100 C.E.

Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 1 9/16 in. (40 x 4 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: 34.562.1

Image: 34.562.1_SL1.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Size: undetermined or adult; probable wearer: undetermined or male. Vertical cotton warp, cotton weft. Camelid fiber embroidery in pink, blue, yellow, green, white. Plain weave. The iconography represented is of birds with backward turned heads. Similar fragments can be found in the collections of the Textile Museum (91.127) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (33.149.102).

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