Triangular piece of thick textile. Design shows male in profile, holding a long stick with both hands at the lower right corner. The same male design is present at the front in an eight-sided figure which is surrounded by geometrical protrusions. Protruding geometrical borders are forming stepped designs in red-brown and in yellow-brown on a brown ground. Red-brown, yellow-brown, cream, blue and brown dyed wool. Worn and incomplete.

• Specific Techniques

  Design formed by weaving colored weft threads in an open tapestry technique, where some sections of the warp are left unwoven to give a semi-translucent effect.

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• Type of Item textile
• Culture Paracas
• Material camelid wool fibre, dye
• Measurements height 16.0 cm, width 14.8 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
• Received from Erika H. Sawyer

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• Made in Ica

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• Creation Date between 901 BCE and 201 BCE
• Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
• Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
• Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 2990/0904