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Textile Fragment Mounted on Modern Fabric

Arts of the Americas

MEDIUM Camelid fiber
  • Place Found: South Coast, Peru
  • 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)
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    Paracas Necropolis. <em>Textile Fragment Mounted on Modern Fabric</em>, 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)