Witch border 1935.32.0077
A figure resembling a fish, holding a trophy head in its hands.
This motif occurs in four different reiterated colour combinations. Each figure in one colour has the complementary colour as its background colour, i.e. yellow on bluish mauve and vice versa, red on green and vice versa. This border was presumably part of a mantle. Tunic 1935.32.0120 has a similar figure.
Material and technique
Embroidered in woollen yarn on plain-woven woollen fabric. The embroidery is in stem-stitch in linear style. The stitches with which the actual figure is embroidered conform to its lines, and so the appearance of the motif depends very much on the method used for embroidering it.
Dating and origin
Paracas Necropolis, Intermedio Temprano 1A (c. 100 BC – 100 AD)
Facts
| Size | 250x21 cm |
|---|---|
| Item number | 1935.32.0077 |
| Tags | Colour-field style, Trophy head |
| Categories | Border |
