Mantle Item Number: 86.224.90 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Size: adult; probable wearer: male. The plain weave field is made up of a horizontal camelid fiber warp and camelid fiber weft. The border is made of a horizontal camelid fiber warp, camelid fiber weft and embroidery. The mantle consists of a black field with a narrow median band. The wide border represents sixteen double bird figures facing outward with the same image repeated within. The colors employed are dark blue, reddish-purple, dark green, and golden yellow with the fringes made of the same colors.
Credit Line
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
Item History
- Made between 101 BCE and 100
What
- Name
- Mantle
- Identification Number
- 86.224.90
- Type of Item
- “Mantle” ?
- Material
- camelid fibre
- Overall
- length 110.25 in, width 48.8125 in
Who
- Culture
- Paracas
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 101 BCE and 100
Other
- Classification
- Clothing