Mantle fragment
date: label: Date
content: 400–100 BC
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fragment of a mantle with close-set horizontal rows of stylized warriors' heads, each with different headdress and color combinations. In the top row, upright front-facing heads alternate with upside down heads in profile. In the next row, upright heads in profile alternate with upside down front-facing heads. Rich muted shades of brown, gold, tan, blue, green, purple, and white on a rust-red ground.
place: label: made in
content: Peru
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Harvey Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1951-17-1
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Mantle fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool Technique: plain weave with discontinuous warp and weft (tapestry) interlocked Label: wool tapestry with discontinuous warps, interlocked
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 86.3 x 86.3 cm (34 x 34 in.)