Pre-Columbian Art

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Paracas, 500 BC – 200 AD

Mummy Bundle, Paracas Necropolis

Linear Style embroidery

Paracas, Linear-Style Mantle with Occulate Beings, Paracas, camelid fibers, 0-100 AD

Paracas, Occulate Diety Mask, ceramic, 300-100 BC

Paracas, Mantle with Mask Motif, c.300 BC

Block Color embroidery

Paracas, Embroidered Mantle with Bird Impersonators, Pisco (site), camelid fiber, 50-100 AD

Paracas, Embroidered Mantle with Transformation Figures, camelid fiber, 0-100 AD

Paracas, Mantle fragment with Shamans, wool

Assorted Mantle details: condor impersonator, shark impersonator, falcon impersonator, pampas cat impersonator

Discontinuous warp

Paracas, Fragment of a Hanging, camelid fibers, c.200 AD

Terms:

Textile Primacy

Burial sites: Cavernas, Arena Blanca, Paracas Necropolis

Topara and Nazca = neighboring peoples

Camelid=Llama, alpaca, vicuna

Occulate Being

Weaving terms: Warp and weft