Cloth with geometric design
Cloth with geometric design

Currently not on view

Cloth with geometric design,

400–500 CE

Nasca
Early Intermediate Period
y1982-83

Information

Title
Cloth with geometric design
Dates

400–500 CE

Medium
Camelid fiber
Dimensions
143 x 60 cm. (56 5/16 x 23 5/8 in.) textile (sight): 144.5 x 61.7 cm frame: 160.7 × 75.9 × 3 cm (63 1/4 × 29 7/8 × 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Glimcher
Object Number
y1982-83
Place Made

South America, Peru, South coast

Culture
Nazca
Period
Early Intermediate period
Type
dyeing, textiles, weaving, cloth
Techniques
weaving
Subject
geometric patterns

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