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Paracas Necropolis
Paracas Peninsula, south coast, Peru
Poncho100 B.C./A.D. 200
Wool (camelid), plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches; edged with cross-knit loop stitches; loop and plied fringes
57.8 x 84.5 cm (22 3/4 x 33 1/4 in.)
57.8 x 49 cm (22 3/4 x 19 1/4 in.) (without fringe)
Edward E. Ayer, Harriott A. Fox, and Samuel P. Avery endowments, 1958.292
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