Poncho, Neck Opening Decoration, Fragment or Textile Fragment, undetermined, Border Item Number: 34.562.2 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Textile fragment with four pairs of double-headed snakes twisted around each other in red, yellow, black and brown on a green ground. Size: undetermined or adult. Probable wearer: undetermined or male. Vertical camelid fiber warp. Camelid fiber weft. Camelid fiber embroidery. Plain weave. Iconography: pairs of double-headed snakes twisted around each other. The iconography matches another textile in the collection (86.224.98), although the fragments are not from the same original textile.
Credit Line
George C. Brackett Fund
What
- Name
- Poncho, Neck Opening Decoration, Fragment or Textile Fragment, undetermined, Border
- Identification Number
- 34.562.2
- Type of Item
- textile fragment, undetermined, border, poncho and neck
- Material
- camelid fibre
- Overall
- length 14.5625 in, width 2.375 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
Other
- Classification
- Textile