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Source Description
Gauze weave was used to pattern this tunic with interlocking, double-headed serpents that may <br>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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Document identity
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163724
label
Tunic with Double-headed Serpents
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object
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163724
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object
title
Tunic with Double-headed Serpents
description
Gauze weave was used to pattern this tunic with interlocking, double-headed serpents that may <br>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.
date
400–200 BCE
citation
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79990227
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
folded: 68.3 x 65.4 cm (26 7/8 x 25 3/4 in.)
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Peru, South Coast, Ica Valley, Ocucaje site?, Paracas people (700 BCE-1 CE)
accession
2005.17
Source extras
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cotton; gauze
tombstone
Tunic with Double-headed Serpents, 400–200 BCE. Peru, South Coast, Ica Valley, Ocucaje site?, Paracas people (700 BCE-1 CE). Cotton; gauze; folded: 68.3 x 65.4 cm (26 7/8 x 25 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2005.17
collection
T - Pre-Columbian
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Dudley P. Allen Fund
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2026-05-29 08:30:52.340000
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163724
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Textiles
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T - Pre-Columbian
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cotton; gauze
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1
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0
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photo
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