Tunic with Double-headed Serpents
Peru, South Coast, Ica Valley, Ocucaje site?, Paracas people (700 BCE-1 CE) · 400–200 BCE · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Gauze weave was used to pattern this tunic with interlocking, double-headed serpents that may have had mythical or supernatural significance. By manipulating the density of the fabric to create the design, the weaver may have sidestepped a limitation of cotton, which did not readily take dyes.
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- Maker
- Peru, South Coast, Ica Valley, Ocucaje site?, Paracas people (700 BCE-1 CE)
- Date
- 400–200 BCE
- Medium
- cotton; gauze
- Dimensions
- folded: 68.3 x 65.4 cm (26 7/8 x 25 3/4 in.)
- Place of origin
- Peru
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0