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Tunic with Double-headed Serpents

400–200 BCE

Peru, South Coast, Ica Valley, Ocucaje site?, Paracas people

(700 BCE-1 CE)
Medium
cotton; gauze
Measurements
folded: 68.3 x 65.4 cm (26 7/8 x 25 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 2005.17
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Description

Gauze weave was used to pattern this tunic with interlocking, double-headed serpents that may
have had mythical or supernatural significance. By manipulating the density of the fabric to create the design, the weaver may have sidestepped a limitation of cotton, which did not readily take dyes.

Tunic with Double-headed Serpents

400–200 BCE

Peru, South Coast, Ica Valley, Ocucaje site?, Paracas people (700 BCE-1 CE)

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