Title
Detail of a complex Paracas linear style textile
Caption
Detail of a complex Paracas linear style textile, Shows the Oculate Being a mythical figure with an ornate headdress, a protruding snake like tongue and cat like whiskers. The finely embroidered band may have been used as part of a hair binding. Peru. Paracas. 600 200 BC. South west Peru.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ David Bernstein Fine Art, New York
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A30_285
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
19,3Mb (2,4Mb) / 6,4in x 11,8in / 1908 x 3528 (300dpi)