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Border Fragment with Birds and Flowers

100 BCE–700 CE

Peru, South Coast, Nasca

Medium
camelid fiber, cross-knit looping (reversible)
Measurements
Overall: 5.4 x 8.9 cm (2 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Wise 1948.482
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Location
Not on view
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Four camelid fiber fragments feature stylized birds and flowers rising from a thick red band in shades of blue, yellow, and purple. Small birds with pointed beaks perch among rounded blossoms, creating a dense, three-dimensional texture through cross-knit looping. Along the bottom edge of the horizontal base, braided tassels in varied colors hang freely. These fragments exhibit an intricate, relief-like composition once part of an ornamental border or garment edge.

Border Fragment with Birds and Flowers

100 BCE–700 CE

Peru, South Coast, Nasca

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