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
Ceramic serving dish. Paracas, Topará style. 5,6 x 18,6 cm (INC-MNAAHP, C-16092)
Ceramic bottle. Paracas, Topará style . 13,4 x 17,5 cm (INC-MNAAHP, C-54184).
Ceramic miniature bottle. Paracas, Topará style. 9,5 x 9,5 cm (INC-MNAAHP, C-16178).
Topará ceramics
The multicolored textiles that accompanied the dead contrast with the monochromatic vessels of Topará, a ceramic tradition that flourished in more northern coastal valleys such as Topará, Chincha and Pisco and inherited some of its formal features from the previous Paracas Cavernas tradition. Typical of this tradition are serving dishes and double-spout-and-bridge bottles in the shape of plants and animals. Regular vessels were left as grave goods beside the funerary bundle, while miniature ceramic items were placed inside the bundle, among the textiles that enveloped the body.