Fragment of a Burial Mantle
ca. 175 BCE - 100 CE
Precolumbian
54 3/4 x 16 in. (139.1 x 40.6 cm)
Paracas artist
Peru
Paracas; made in Peru
Object Type:
Textiles
Medium and Support:
Cotton and camelid fiber
Credit Line:
R. T. Miller Fund
Accession Number:
1944.63
Location: Not currently on view
Provenance
Dr. J. de Martinez; purchased from him by Brummer Gallery, New York, through E. Cordiviola, January 1932; purchased from them (cat. no. N2969) by the Gallery in 1944
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Article Title: Pre-Columbian Additions.
Article Scope: Article.
Memorial Art Gallery.
Gallery Notes.
Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995.
Volume Number: 10,
Issue Number: 1.
Issue Date: October 1944.
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Article Scope: Reproduction only.
Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook.
Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
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Article Scope: Mention.
Elizabeth Brayer.
Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988.
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
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A Sampling of Textiles.
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1975.
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