Fragments (Border)

Provenance

Pablo Soldi, Ica, Peru, by June 14, 1956 [incoming receipt RX1914, June 14, 1956, sent care of Rudolfo Byrne, Brooklyn, NY; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1956.

Fragments (Border)

Nasca

100 BCE-200 CE

Accession Number

2995

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton and wool (camelid) in stem stitches

Dimensions

a: 22.5 × 10.5 cm (8 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.); b: 22.2 × 10.5 cm (8 3/4 × 4 1/8 in.); c: 26 × 10.5 cm (10 1/4 × 4 1/8 in.); d: 22.9 × 10.5 cm (9 × 4 1/8 in.); e: 25.7 × 10.2 cm (10 1/8 × 4 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland