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Karwa Cotton tissue fragments
Chavin Artisans1200 BC - 200 BC
Amano Pre-Columbian Textile Museum
Lima, Peru
Textile fragment of fabric or mantle, Karwa style, beautiful designs with checkerboard pattern succession of stylized eyes and mouths.
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Details
- Title: Karwa Cotton tissue fragments
- Creator: Chavin Artisans
- Date Created: 1200 BC - 200 BC
- Physical Location: Amano Precolumbian Textile Museum, Lima
- Location Created: Wari, Ancash, Perú
- Physical Dimensions: Height 630 mm x Width 405 mm
- Provenance: Donation
- Subject Keywords: Chavin, painted, Karwa, carhua, negative paint, feline face, feline eye, fang
- Type: Ceremonial or funerary fabric
- External Link: Amano Precolumbian Textile Museum
- Medium: Cotton thread and vegetable or mineral dyes
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