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Nazca
Coyungo, Nazca Valley, south coast, Peru

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

Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with wool (camelid) in cross-knit loop stitches; extensions in buttonhole stitches overworked with cross-knit loop stitches
11.4 x 6.7 cm (4 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.)
Restricted gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland, 1956.405