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Nasca

Textile fragment

Nasca, 2001

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Nasca

Textile fragment

Nasca, 2001

Physical Qualities Camelid fiber, cotton, 4 5/8 × 18 1/8 in. (11.8 × 46 cm.)
Credit Line Purchase with exchange funds from Frank J. and Elizabeth L. Goodnow Collection
Object Number 1953.209.4
Depicting four stylized heads in yellow against red background. Each head shows seven appendages and other geometric forms. Arms and hands, two legs and feet, alternate with three disembodied heads.
Weibel, Adele Coulin
1954. Early Peruvian Textiles. BMA News 17(3):6-11. Fig. 9

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