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Wari mantle with Andean cross
Wari Artisans700 A.D. - 1200 A.D.
Amano Pre-Columbian Textile Museum
Lima, Peru
Mantle or fabric wall used by the Wari nobility, made with discontinous warp and weft and tie-dyed technique
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Details
- Title: Wari mantle with Andean cross
- Creator: Wari Artisans
- Date Created: 700 A.D. - 1200 A.D.
- Physical Location: Amano Precolumbian Textile Museum, Lima
- Location Created: Huayuri, Nazca, Ica, Perú
- Physical Dimensions: Height 2030 mm x Width 1170 mm
- Provenance: Archaeological field survey
- Subject Keywords: Textile, plain weave, Wari, Huari, huari, wari, step wave, profile face
- Type: Clothes of social status
- External Link: Amano Precolumbian Textile Museum
- Medium: Camelid fiber threads probably alpaca and vegetable dyes
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