Fragment of Paracas mantle
date: label: Date
content: 300–100 BC
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design of a butterfly looked at from above. Four curled feelers on either side of the head and a mask at the end of a long tongue. Solid embroidery on cotton ground in tan, red, blue, brown, green and dark blue. Probably cut from a large mantle.
place: label: made in
content: Peru
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-48-5
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Fragment of Paracas mantle
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.8 x 7.6 cm (4 1/4 in. x 3 in.)