SOUTH AMERICAN SERIES

 

Paracas Textiles

     Specimen 382-10. Mantle with woven stripes in the field, embroidered borders, and woven and embroidered tabs. The figures in the borders of this mantle are human impersonators of birds; they wear feather capes and tails in addition to tunics and skirts.
-Anne Paul

 

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