Abstraction Within The Paracas Textiles

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The Paracas’ textiles specify the beliefs of the South American people through the woven representation of gods and other creatures. There are textiles depicting entities like the typical Eye god and shamanic/composite animals. These figures have most likely been deemed spiritual because a number of these textile were found wrapped around dead bodies, so they must have had some purpose in the afterlife I also believe there is a strong sense of abstraction within the textiles because the creators were trying to focus solely on the abstract ideals of their beliefs, rather than the realistic aspects of their lives. Their beliefs in things like two headed figures and mythological type creatures are obviously abstract focuses in their

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