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Fringed Nasca Textile Border Panel
Fringed Nasca Textile Border Panel

Fringed Nasca Textile Border Panel

Date1000-1400 A.D.
MediumCamelid wool on cotton
Dimensions15 5/8 × 17 1/4 inches (39.7 × 43.8 cm)
CultureNasca (Peru)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineDr. and Mrs. Milton Lurie Kramer Collection; Bequest of Helen Kroll Kramer
Terms
  • Perú
  • Textiles
  • Wool
  • cotton warp
  • Nasca (Nazca)
Object number70.165
Label CopyThis Nasca slit-woven tapestry textile fragment is one complete loom width, with selvedges (woven edges) along both sides. The fringed bottom border was woven separately and stitched to the bottom of the main border panel. The central panel of the textile has a vibrant red background color with 3 1/2 figures in a row. Each figure consists of a central anthropomorphic (or monkey) figure set inside a diamond-shaped lozenge, surrounded by 6 bird heads in a complex scrolled pattern. Above and below the row of figures are a series of mirror-imaged stripes arranged in rows as follows: dark brown, gold, dark brown, pink and red jaquard woven stripe with alternating faces and birds, dark brown, gold, dark brown.
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