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Poncho, Neck Opening Decoration, Fragment or Textile Fragment, undetermined, Border

Brooklyn Museum

34.562.2

Textile fragment with four pairs of double-headed snakes twisted around each other in red, yellow, black and brown on a green ground. Size: undetermined or adult. Probable wearer: undetermined or male. Vertical camelid fiber warp. Camelid fiber weft. Camelid fiber embroidery. Plain weave. Iconography: pairs of double-headed snakes twisted around each other. The iconography matches another textile in the collection (86.224.98), although the fragments are not from the same original textile.

  • Credit Line

    George C. Brackett Fund

  • Type of Item textile fragment, undetermined, border, poncho, neck
  • Culture Paracas, Nasca
  • Material camelid fibre
  • Measurements length 14.5625 in, width 2.375 in (overall)
  • Classification Textile

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