Strip of tapestry
Strip of tapestry
Strip of tapestry
Strip of tapestry
Strip of tapestry
Strip of tapestry

Currently not on view

Strip of tapestry,

ca. 300–150 BCE

Paracas
Early Horizon Period
PP544

Information

Title
Strip of tapestry
Dates

ca. 300–150 BCE

Medium
Tapestry
Dimensions
229 x 16 cm. (90 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.) frame: 245 × 32.5 × 4.5 cm (96 7/16 × 12 13/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Museum of Natural History and the Departments of Geology and Geophysical Sciences
Object Number
PP544
Place Made

South America, Peru, South coast

Culture
Paracas
Period
Early horizon
Type
tapestries, textiles, weaving
Techniques
weaving
Subject
cats, figures (representations)

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