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Mantle ("The Paracas Textile"), 100-300 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, textile: Brooklyn Museum Detail of one shaman showing knife and head. The Paracas textiles were found at a necropolis in Peru in the 1920s. The necropolis held 420 bodies who had been mummified and wrapped in embroidered textiles of the Paracas culture in 200–300 BCE. [1]
Wari, as the former capital city was called, is located 11 km (6.8 mi) north-east of the modern city of Ayacucho, Peru. This city was the center of a civilization that covered much of the highlands and coast of modern Peru. Wari wool-pile cap, 700-900 C.E., Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven.
The dry environment of southern Peru's Pacific coast allows organic materials to be preserved when buried. [18] Mummified human remains were found in a tomb in the Paracas peninsula of Peru, buried under layers of cloth textiles. [19] The dead were wrapped in layers of cloth called "mummy bundles".
Nazca Female Effigy Figure, made of sperm whale tooth, shell and hair. The Nazca culture (also Nasca) was the archaeological culture that flourished from c. 100 BC to 800 AD beside the arid, southern coast of Peru in the river valleys of the Rio Grande de Nazca drainage and the Ica Valley. [1]
It was first excavated by Junius B. Bird in 1946–1947 who excavated three large test pits in or beside it. The remains, now at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, include many examples of complex textiles made with twining techniques which incorporated intricate designs of mythological humans, condors, snakes and crabs.
A variety of techniques, colours and themes were used in the making of textiles. [2] They used an array of colours including yellows, browns, scarlet, white, blues and greens. [1] In type of fabric used include llama wool, cotton, chiffon, and feathers. [2] Their technique involved were decorated open weave, brocade, embroidery, and painting. [2]
Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the remains of what they believe are a 4,000-year-old temple and theater, shining a new light on the origins of complex religions in the region.
Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cuzco (Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco or CTTC) was founded by indigenous weavers from the community of Chinchero as well as international supporters in 1996 as a non-profit organization. [1] It is based out of the city of Cusco, Peru where its main offices, museum and shop are located. The CTTC ...