Tunic
Tunic
Tunic
Tunic

Currently not on view

Tunic,

530–570 CE

Nasca (Nasca 7)
Early Intermediate Period
1996-150

Information

Title
Tunic
Dates

530–570 CE

Medium
Camelid fiber and cotton
Dimensions
109.2 × 124.5 cm (43 × 49 in.) mount: 114.5 × 128.4 × 6.3 cm (45 1/16 × 50 9/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Perry J. Lewis, Class of 1959
Object Number
1996-150
Place Made

South America, Peru, South coast

Culture
Nazca
Period
Early Intermediate period
Type
dyeing, tunics, weaving
Techniques
weaving
Subject
figures (representations)

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