Tunic with Double-headed Serpents, 400-200 BC. Peru, South Coast, Ica Valley, Ocucaje site?, Paracas people (700 BC - AD 1). Cotton; gauze; overall: x cm (53 3/4 x 25 3/4 in.). Gauze weave was used to pattern this lovely, subtle 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 the material from which the tunic is made—cotton, which does not readily take dyes.

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Size: 3250px × 3400px
Photo credit: © CMA/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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