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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Textile fragment

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    600–200 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Cotton and llama (or alpaca) wool. Section with legs and skirt are separating, very fragile.

    Accession Number: 
    1980.12.72
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, Paracas
    Period: 
    Early Horizon
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Mantle fragment

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    ca. 200 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Llama or alpaca wool embroidery, stem stitch

    Accession Number: 
    1980.12.5
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, Paracas
    Period: 
    Early Horizon
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Mantle

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    400–1 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Wool and natural dyes

    Accession Number: 
    2013.56.1
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, Paracas
    Period: 
    Early Horizon to Early Intermediate Period
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Cloth fragment

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    800–100 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Cotton, dyed and woven, embroidered

    Accession Number: 
    1937.4575
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, Paracas
    Period: 
    Early Horizon
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Band of cloth

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    800–100 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Cotton and wool, dyed and woven, embroidered

    Accession Number: 
    1937.4574
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, Paracas
    Period: 
    Early Horizon
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Band of plain cloth embroidered

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    800–100 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Cotton dyed and woven cloth

    Accession Number: 
    1937.4572
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, Paracas
    Period: 
    Early Horizon
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Fragment of the border of a manta

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    800–100 B.C.
    Medium: 

    cotton, woven and dyed

    Accession Number: 
    1937.4573
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, Paracas
    Period: 
    Early Horizon
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Embroidered Border Panel from a Mantle

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    300 B.C.–A.D. 100
    Medium: 

    Camelid fibers and natural dyes

    Accession Number: 
    2018.123.1
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, South Coast, Paracas
    Period: 
    Early Horizon-Early Intermediate Period
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Mummy Mask

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    ca. 200 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Cotton; plain weave painted with tannin dyes, unwoven warp fringe.

    Accession Number: 
    2017.40.16
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, Paracas, Ocucaje 9, Ica Valley
    Period: 
    Early Horizon to Early Intermediate Period
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Mummy Mask

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    ca 200 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Cotton; plain weave painted with tannin dyes, unwoven warp fringe.

    Accession Number: 
    2018.22.14
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, Paracas, Ica Valley
    Period: 
    Ocucaje 9
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view

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