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Source Description
This extraordinary border once edged a tunic or perhaps part of a decorative hanging or blanket. This type of needle-knitted, three-dimensional figures executed as a border and embroidered with “stem-stitch” embroidery to create lively faces is a hallmark of early or proto-Nazca textiles. The reliance on the three primary colors, as well as black and white, with yellow and blue alternating in combination with a base color of red, shows an interest in complementarity that is reinforced by the incorporation of narrow bands and small flecks within the vertical elements above the faces.
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Document identity
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85455
label
Tunic Border Piece
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
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85455
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tunic Border Piece
description
This extraordinary border once edged a tunic or perhaps part of a decorative hanging or blanket. This type of needle-knitted, three-dimensional figures executed as a border and embroidered with “stem-stitch” embroidery to create lively faces is a hallmark of early or proto-Nazca textiles. The reliance on the three primary colors, as well as black and white, with yellow and blue alternating in combination with a base color of red, shows an interest in complementarity that is reinforced by the incorporation of narrow bands and small flecks within the vertical elements above the faces.
provenance
Purchased by Georgia de Havenon, New York; given to Walters Art Museum, 2016.
date
100-200 CE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
tunic borders
panels (costume components)
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7
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7
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
12.7
height
162.6
dimensionsRaw
H including fringe: 5 x L: 64 in. (12.7 x 162.56 cm)
Source extras
cul
Nazca
med
camelid fibers
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31447
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AME
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none
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