Textile fragment

Artist PERU/NAZCA

Date1100-1450 CE

Mediumllama fleece yarn on cotton

ClassificationsMaterials

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Thomas Brown

Object number1956.39.17

DescriptionPart of a mantle of a mono-ply plain weave cotton, and wool supplementary weft in an alternating check pattern. Wool is double-ply yarn of a relatively coarse texture- probably llama. Wool was originally dyed in a deep rose and bluish-violet. Trace of fadding which apprear pink and a lighter shade. Each square is approximately 11 cm. and alternate horizontally (blue-violet, plain cotton, deep rose, left to right), and are arranged diagonally in the same color. The cotton appears to be the undyed brown variety.

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