Paracas
Mantle border
Paracas, 200-300
Physical Qualities
Cotton, camelid fiber, natural dyes, 3 3/4 × 40 15/16 in. (9.5 × 104 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Frank J. and Elizabeth L. Goodnow Collection
Object Number
1953.209.1
Corner portion, composite warp-patterned weave, stem-stitched in broad line embroidery style. Every fourth block shows occulate feline in profile in green on maroon. Style, quality of cloth, iconography, fringe, indicate an elite burial cloth from the Paracas Peninsula.
