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Border Fragments

CC0 Public Domain Designation

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Date:

200-500

Artist:

Nazca
South coast, Peru

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Nasca

Title

Border Fragments

Place

Peru (Object made in:)

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Made 200 CE–500 CE

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with wool (camelid) in stem stitches

Dimensions

a: 32.7 × 9.2 cm (12 7/8 × 3 5/8 in.); b: 27.3 × 10.5 cm (10 3/4 × 4 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland

Reference Number

1956.403a-b

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