About This Artwork
Nazca
Probably Nazca Valley, south coast, Peru
TasselsA.D. 500/900
Wool (camelid); strap: tubular plain weave with stripes of four-color complementary warp-float weave; top: cross-knit looping; top and bottom bands: oblique twill interlacing; center: stripes of tubular plain weave double cloth and five-color complementary warp weave and stripes of plain weave with five-color complementary warp weave; double cloth; bottom band: oblique twill interlacing
a: 33.3 x 20 cm (13 1/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
b: 5.2.7 x 19.4 cm (20 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.)
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment, 1955.1792a-b
Textiles
Not on Display