Fabric fragment

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Titolo dell'opera:

Fabric fragment

Acquisizione:

Schmidt y Pizarro 1938 acquisto

Ambito culturale:

Paracas

Object Type:

Fabric fragment

Epoca:

V-II b.C. - 500 b.C. - 101 b.C.

Misure:

Unità di misura: cm; Larghezza: 5; Lunghezza: 52.7; Spessore: 0.3

Provenienza (nazione):

Perù

Tecnica:

cotone naturale e fibra camelide, punto boucle'

Ultimi prestiti:

Mostra d’Arte Precolombiana e di Etnologia Americana - Castello D'Albertis, Genova - 1972/1977<br>Le mani delle Americhe - Laboratorio Didattico S. Agostino, Genova - nov-gen. 1995/96

Descrizione:

Fragment of cloak edge with natural cotton core and bouclé stitch embroidery. The core is covered with camelid fibers finely worked in cross-looping (bouclé stitch with circular pattern) corresponding to the body of the birds and at the base of the plant motifs. The other too small parts of the body of the birds and the plant motifs do not have a cotton core but rather camelid fiber worked in chain stitch. The colors used are red, yellow, purple, pink, blue, light and bottle green, light blue, medium and dark brown, black. Double-sided fabric.