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Poncho Displaying Contorted Figures

Paracas, South coast, Peru · c. 200-150 BCE · Wool (camelid), plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches; edged with cross-knit loop stitches; loop and plied fringes

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paracas wool (textile)textile death needlework (visual works)paracas necropolis early horizon Pre-Columbian americas andean andes skeletons

Credit linePoncho Displaying Contorted Figures. c. 200-150 BCE. Paracas, South coast, Peru. The Art Institute of Chicago, Edward E. Ayer, Harriott A. Fox, and Samuel P. Avery Endowments. CC0.

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