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Textile or Mantle Fragment

Cultures: Paracas; or Nasca
Medium: Camelid fiber
Place Made: South Coast, Peru
Dates: 200-600 C.E.
Period: Early Intermediate
Dimensions: 10 7/16 X 12 3/16 in. (26.5 X 31 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 86.224.96
Credit Line: Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
Image: Overall, 86.224.96_bw_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: 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)

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