Embroidered textile with rows of heads with arching headdresses on a deep brown ground
Embroidered textile with rows of heads with arching headdresses on a deep brown ground
Embroidered textile with rows of heads with arching headdresses on a deep brown ground
Embroidered textile with rows of heads with arching headdresses on a deep brown ground
Embroidered textile with rows of heads with arching headdresses on a deep brown ground
Embroidered textile with rows of heads with arching headdresses on a deep brown ground
Embroidered textile with rows of heads with arching headdresses on a deep brown ground
Embroidered textile with rows of heads with arching headdresses on a deep brown ground

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Embroidered textile with rows of heads with arching headdresses on a deep brown ground,

ca. 400–700 CE

Nasca
Early Intermediate Period
y1993-70

Information

Title
Embroidered textile with rows of heads with arching headdresses on a deep brown ground
Dates

ca. 400–700 CE

Medium
Possibly cotton
Dimensions
l. 389.5 cm., w. 50.2 cm. (153 3/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
y1993-70
Place Excavated

South America, Peru, South coast

Culture
Nazca
Period
Early Intermediate period
Type
embroidering, textiles, weaving
Techniques
weaving

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