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Paracas Necropolis Burial 420, Specimen 3. This very early Block Color embroidery, a detail of a rectangular tab hanging down the back of a shoulder poncho, shares design features with Broad Line, Linear, and early Nasca embroideries. It is worked on a woven panel, with a simple contrasting fringe. MNAAHP RT2999.
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Chapter
Ch. 05: Travels of the Rayed Head: Textile Movement and the Concepts of Center and Periphery in the Southern Andes
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Recommended citation
Isbell, William H.; Uribe, Mauricio I.; Tiballi, Anne; Edward P. Zegarra, 2018, "Visual database", https://doi.org/10.25346/S6/1B33FN.