Fragment
date: label: Date
content: 300–100 BC
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Figure of a dancer with head bent far backwards. Elaborate headdress. Small mask hangs from chin. Staff in hand. Cotton plain weave cloth solidly embroidered in tan, white, red, black, green, dark and light blue, brown and purple. Possibly once part of a large mantle.
place: label: made in
content: Peru
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1938-48-6
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton, wool Technique: embroidered in stem stitch on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11.7 x 8.5 cm (4 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)