Monday, November 3, 2008
Pre-Inca Paracas Culture Fabrics
The Paracas culture was a Pre-Inca society between approximately 750 BCE and 100 CE that developed in the Paracas Peninsula, located in what today is the Paracas District of the Pisco Province in the Ica Region, Peru.
Their textile art is considered as the best of all ancient cultures. They used vicuña wool or cotton; harmonious and with many colors, animal designs, anthropomorphous and geometric, some included feathers.
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