144 - Pre-Columbian textile burial offering, fragment of a manto; blend of cotton and wool fibers, multicolored with natural plant- and mineral-based dyes (red, yellow, green, blue), mounted on paper backing behind glass. Framed. Size of the fragment: approx. 57 x 38 cm. Status symbol & ritual garment: In the Paracas culture (approx. 800 BCE–200 CE), a manto served as ceremonial attire for priests or kings during their lifetimes and was intended to demonstrate their social rank and religious power in the afterlife. Varia144

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