About This Artwork

Nazca
Coyungo, Nazca Valley, south coast, Peru

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

Cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; embroidered with wool (camelid) and cotton in stem stitches; edged with tabs of cross-knit loop stitches
a: 27.9 x 12.7 cm (11 x 5 in.)
b: 7.6 x 11.4 cm (3 x 4 1/2 in.)
c: 4.8 x 5.7 cm (1 7/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
Restricted gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland, 1956.408a-c