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Border Fragments

A work made of cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; embroidered with wool (camelid) and cotton in stem stitches; edged with simple looping tabs.
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  • A work made of cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; embroidered with wool (camelid) and cotton in stem stitches; edged with simple looping tabs.

Date:

100 B.C./A.D. 200

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 100 BCE–200 CE

Medium

Cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; embroidered with wool (camelid) and cotton in stem stitches; edged with simple looping tabs

Dimensions

a: 27.9 × 12.7 cm (11 × 5 in.); b: 7.6 × 11.4 cm (3 × 4 1/2 in.); c: 4.8 × 5.7 cm (1 7/8 × 2 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland

Reference Number

1956.408a-c

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