Headcloth
c. 600–400 B.C.
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Headcloth, c. 600–400 B.C.. Peru, South Coast, Paracas, Middle Period, c. 600-400 BC (Early Horizon, Epoch 10). Embroidery on tabby cloth; needle reseau and fringe at border; overall: 40.7 x 182.9 cm (16 x 72 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1940.529 Extremely dry conditions on Peru's desert coast allow for the extraordinary preservation of textiles.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- embroidery on tabby cloth; needle reseau and fringe at border
- Dimensions
- Overall: 40.7 x 182.9 cm (16 x 72 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1940.529
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Exhibitions
- Art of the Americas
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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