Border Fragments

Nazca South coast, Peru

Date

100 B.C./A.D. 200

Medium

Cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; embroidered with wool (camelid) and cotton in stem stitches; edged with simple looping tabs

Dimensions

a: 27.9 × 12.7 cm (11 × 5 in.); b: 7.6 × 11.4 cm (3 × 4 1/2 in.); c: 4.8 × 5.7 cm (1 7/8 × 2 1/4 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland