Small white mantle with birds 1935.32.0192
Birds with a long, slim body and tail, a hooked tuft on the head and a large beak. Their heads all point in the same direction, but the bodies are alternately reversed.
Material and technique
Embroidered in woollen yarn on plain-woven woollen fabric. The middle fabric is woollen, plain-woven and with a selvedge on all four sides. The embroidery is in stem-stitch in colour-field style.
Dating and origin
Paracas Necropolis, Intermedio Temprano 1B-2 (c. 100 BC – 200 AD)
Facts
| Size | 43x38 cm |
|---|---|
| Item number | 1935.32.0192 |
| Tags | Birds, Colour-field style |
| Categories | Mantle |
