About This Artwork

Nazca
Coyungo, Nazca Valley, south coast, Peru

Border Fragments, 100 B.C./A.D. 200

Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton and wool (camelid) in stem stitches
a: 22.5 x 10.5 cm (8 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
b: 22.2 x 10.5 cm (8 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
c: 26 x 10.5 cm (10 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
d: 22.9 x 10.5 cm (9 x 4 1/8 in.)
e: 25.7 x 10.2 cm (10 1/8 x 4 in.)
Restricted gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland, 1956.404a-e