Paracas Ritual Attire: Symbols of Authority in Ancient Peru

by Anne Paul

The richly embroidered Paracas fabrics were discovered early in the 20th century by grave robbers who introduced the ritual garments to collectors around the world. Hundreds of these fabrics survive as artistic documents of a society in which cloth and costume were essential forms of visual communic

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806122307
• ISBN13: 9780806122304
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.