Mantle, 2nd–1st century B.C., Peru, Ocucaje, Camelid hair, H. 54 1/4 x W. 74 3/8 in. (188.9 x 137.8cm), Textiles-Woven, Images of twelve 'oculate beings' are worked into this mantle by a technique called sprang, which replicates the pattern in mirror image on either side of the vertical center. The oculate beings are composed of stylized frontal heads with concentrically ringed eyes (from which they get their name) and semierect spotted bodies
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Mantle, 2nd–1st century B.C, Peru, Ocucaje, Camelid hair, H, 54 1/4 x W, 74 3/8, 188.9 137.8cm, Textiles-Woven, Images, twelve, oculate beings, worked, mantle, technique, sprang, replicates, pattern, mirror image, side, vertical center, composed, stylized frontal heads, concentrically ringed, eyes, get, name, semierect spotted, bodies
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