A Part of an Embroidered Mantle, Central-South Coast, prob. Paracas, Peru, End of Early Horizon or Early Intermediate Period, 200 BCE 400 CE

Ocucaje 9 (probably an archaism from the Early Intermediate Period).

Blue and yellow camelid fiber plain weave with embroidery.

78 x 130 cm

For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 5 p. 45 ( https://issuu.com/hammersite/docs/weaving_for_the_afterlife?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ)

Provenance: Haifa Museum of Art  ( according to the literature, p. 18).

Purchased by the Maiman Group, 1988 following an exhibition at said museum.

Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Weaving for the Afterlife - Peruvian Textiles from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006., p., 45

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