Tunic with Profile Animals and Checkerboards

Title	Tunic with Profile Animals and Checkerboards
Date	410–540 CE (radiocarbon date, 93% probability)
Medium	cotton; dye-patterned plain weave
Classification	Textile
Origin	Peru, South Coast, Paracas or Nasca?

Themes: Zoological illustration

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“Tunic with Profile Animals and Checkerboards” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated 410–540 CE (radiocarbon date, 93% probability). It is executed in cotton; dye-patterned plain weave and classified as textile. In this archive it sits within the zoological illustration tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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