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Embroidered Fragment

c. 650–100 BCE

Peru, South Coast, Paracas

Medium
wool embroidery on wool tabby ground
Measurements
Overall: 18.5 x 20.4 cm (7 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Jane Taft Ingalls 1962.240
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An embroidered square fragment depicts a central reddish-brown bird-like figure, a creature with a large ringed eye and dark collar. Their beak holds a small tan object as they face left. A wing with dark blue and reddish striped feathers points right above a flared tail. Two thin legs end in three-toed feet, and a frayed fringe lines the bottom edge of the dark wool ground.

Embroidered Fragment

c. 650–100 BCE

Peru, South Coast, Paracas

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