2 Textile Fragments, undetermined, Border Item Number: 34.561a-b from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Size: undetermined or adult; probable wearer: undetermined or male. Plain weave consisting of a vertical camelid fiber warp and camelid fiber weft. Camelid fiber embroidery and fringe. Iconography: warriors holding staffs and knives (Ann Rowe). Two textile fragments decorated with human figures or warriors with arms raised holding a staff in one hand and a triangular-shaped tumi knife in the other. The figures are wearing what looks like a feather headdress with two streamers on one side, face paint, a tabbed, short tunic, and diaper-like pants.
Credit Line
George C. Brackett Fund
Item History
- Made between 200 and 600
What
- Name
- 2 Textile Fragments, undetermined, Border
- Identification Number
- 34.561a-b
- Type of Item
- textile fragment, undetermined and border
- Material
- camelid fibre
- Measurements
- “a, including fringe: 12 3/16 x 4 3/4 in. (31 x 12.1 cm) b, including fringe: 11 3/16 x 4 3/4 in. (28.4 x 12.1 cm)” ?
Who
- Culture
- Paracas Necropolis
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 200 and 600
Other
- Classification
- Textile