Tassel

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Nasca

Title

Tassel

Place

Peru (Object made in)

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Made 500 CE–900 CE

Medium

Wool; tubular plain weave, patterned in five-color, three-span floats, warp substitution; oblique twill interlacing with paired elements; "cross-knit" looping; plain oblique interlacing with four elements; strips of tubular plain weave double cloth and five-color complementary warp weave with warp substitution strips of plain weave double cloth and five-color complementary warp weave; oblique twill interlacing with three elements

Dimensions

33.7 × 20.3 cm (13 1/4 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Reference Number

1955.1791b

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