Fragment (Border)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Nasca

Title

Fragment (Border)

Place

Peru (Object made in)

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Made 100 BCE–200 CE

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with wool (camelid) in cross-knit loop stitches; extensions in buttonhole stitches overworked with cross-knit loop stitches

Dimensions

11.4 × 6.7 cm (4 1/2 × 2 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland

Reference Number

1956.405

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