Paracas Funerary Mantles: Offerings for Life – 2015
- Paracas funerary mantles: Offerings for Life
- Who Were The Paracas?
- The Wari Kayán Cemetery and Its discoverer
- What is a funerary bundle?
- Offerings for the Afterlife
- “Reading” the Images
- Severed heads, trophy heads
- Paracas textile art
- Three styles of embroidery
- A miniature outfit
- Headband: Turban I
- Headband: Turban II
- Headband: Turban III
- Turban-cloth: Two-headed serpents
- Skirt: Big-Eyed Being
- Uncu tunic with felines: Big-eyed Being
- Short poncho: Orcas
- Short poncho: Feline-Man
- Short poncho with fringes: Big-Eyed Being
- Attire of a Paracas chief
- Opening a funerary bundle from the Wari Kayán Necrópolis
- Mantles for the afterfile
- Bibliographic references
- Credits
Painted bottle. Early Nasca. Ceramic. 19 x 14,8 cm (INC-MNAAHP C-09904)
Painted orca
The Orca image is frequently found in Early Nasca ceramics, easily recognizable by its fins and large-toothed jaw. Here, the orca displays supernatural features—in one of its “hands” it holds a severed human head by the hair. Similar motifs have been found embroidered onto the borders of many Paracas Necrópolis textiles, reflecting the links that existed between the Paracas and Nasca cultures.