Fragment, Medium: cotton, wool Technique: embroidered in stem stitch on plain weave foundation, Figure of a dancer with head bent far backwards. Elaborate headdress. Small mask hangs from chin. Staff in hand. Cotton plain weave cloth solidly embroidered in tan, white, red, black, green, dark and light blue, brown and purple. Possibly once part of a large mantle., Peru, 300–100 BC, embroidery & stitching, Fragment

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