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Mantle fragment with embroidered warrior character
Paracas Artisans800 BC - 200 AD
Amano Pre-Columbian Textile Museum
Lima, Peru
Fragment of Paracas mantle with embroidered character, maybe a warrior because of ornaments that he wears. Character wearing a headdress, unku (shirt), skirt and a staff.
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Details
- Title: Mantle fragment with embroidered warrior character
- Creator: Paracas Artisans
- Date Created: 800 BC - 200 AD
- Physical Location: Amano Precolumbian Textile Museum, Lima
- Location Created: Paracas, Ica, Perú
- Provenance: Donation
- Subject Keywords: Textiles, Embroidery, Hunter, Paracas
- Type: Funerary embroidered mantle
- External Link: Amano Precolumbian Textile Museum
- Medium: Cotton thread and camelid fiber threads probably alpaca and vegetable dyes
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