Paracassamlingen » Turban

Killer whale turban

josef — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:57:14 +0000

Se motif description for mantle 1935.32.0187 in the same showcase. The figures all face in the same direction, but are alternately turned right and left. In the centre of the turban the same figure recurs in squares in a diagonal colour pattern.

Material and technique

Embroidered in woollen yarn on a plain-woven woollen fabric. The embroidery is in stem-stitch in colour-field style. Round the edges are points blanket-stitched over a support thread.

Dating and origin

Paracas Necropolis, Intermedio Temprano 2 (c. 100 AD – 200 AD)

Fish turban

josef — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:50:27 +0000

A creature resembling a fish but with a human-looking arm. The figure is embroidered in rows on the border and in squares on the rest of the turban, which has motifs the same colour in diagonal rows. The turban matches the poncho item no. 1935.32.0182 in the same showcase.

Material and technique

Embroidered with woollen yarn on plain-woven fabric. The embroidery is stem-stitch in linear style. The borders are woven in cotton and the poncho and intermediate fabric with woollen yarn. The turban consists of three pieces sewn together.

Dating and origin

Paracas Necropolis, Intermedio Temprano 1B (c. 100 BC – 100 AD)

Purple turban or mantle

josef — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:23:31 +0000

An anthropomorphic figure, seeming clad in tunic and loincloth. The head seems upside down, perhaps because it is inclined backwards. It has a face mask with whiskers and a headpiece, and anklets, There are two trophy heads or serpent heads to either side of the face. Two serpentine bands emerge from the headpiece. The figure is holding a trophy head in one hand and in the other an unknown object which could be a knife. The feet are not anthropomorphic, because they each have one toe pointing in the opposite direction to the others.

The figures are ranged in diagonal lines according to colour. In each corner there is also a larger figure in a square with points sewn onto it.

The motif resembles that of border 1935.32.0203 in the same showcase.

Material and technique

Embroidered with woollen yarn on a plain-woven woollen fabric. The embroidery is in stem-stitch in colour-field style. Each figure has been initially embroidered with contour lines. To one side of the embroidered figures in the corners are points sewn in blanket stitch over a support thread.

Dating and origin

Paracas Necropolis, Intermedio Temprano 1B-2 (c. 100 BC – 200 AD)