Poncho Displaying Contorted Figures

paracasparacas necropolisearly horizonPre-Columbiantextileneedlework (visual works)

Date

c. 200-150 BCE

Medium

Wool (camelid), plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches; edged with cross-knit loop stitches; loop and plied fringes

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Edward E. Ayer, Harriott A. Fox, and Samuel P. Avery Endowments

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