Fragment Displaying Stepped-Fret Motif

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Fragment Displaying Stepped-Fret Motif

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Date
About 200-500
Medium
Wool (camelid) and cotton, plain weave of discontinuous single interlocking warps and wefts
Culture
Peru
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
2061

This fragment, constructed with single interlocking warps and wefts, is composed of a pattern of over 20 step-frets rendered in 14 different colors. Nazca weavers are known for the wide range of colors employed in the production of their textiles. They achieved the various colors through dyeing and naturally colored yarns and by plying two different yarns together in order to produce additional colors. The irregularity of the pattern of the step frets displayed on this fragment may not reflect the original configuration of the design, as it may have been altered at a later date.

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Credit line
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp
Provenance
Pablo Soldi, Ica, Peru, by 1956 [sent care of Rudolfo Byrne, Brooklyn, NY; incoming Receipt RX1913, May 21, 1956; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1956.

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AAT300014063

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