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| Type of Object: | Clothing |
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| Material: | Textile |
| Measurements: | All are approximately 2.5 m. x 1.6 m. |
| Date or Period: | c. 200 B.C. |
| Maker: | Paracas |
| Designated List Category: | IE2d Paracas Mantles |
| Date of Import Restriction: | 06/11/1997 |
| Photograph: | National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru |
| Copyright : | National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru |
| Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions: | |
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| Paracas mantles can be divided into five types, based on their decoration. Background colors are usually red or deep blue. a. Mantles with a plain field and woven borders; b. Mantles with decorative (embroidered) borders and plain field; c. Mantles with decorative (embroidered) borders and a decorative stripe in the center field; d. Mantles with embroidered borders and center field embroidered in checkerboard-fashion (this example); e. Mantles with embroidered borders and alternating diagonals of embroidered figures in the center field. | |
| Keywords: | |
| blue, checkerboard, cloth, clothing, embroidery, mantle, Paracas, Pre-Columbian Textiles, red, textile, |
