Border Fragment

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Border Fragment

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Date
100 BCE-200 CE
Medium
Cotton, plain weave band; embroidered with cotton and wool (camelid) in stem and cross-knit loop stitches; edged with cross-knit looping tabs
Culture
Peru
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
5125

This small but showy textile composed of three-dimensional birds, butterflies, fish, and spiders was likely a border attached to the edge of a solid-colored plain woven textile. Remarkably detailed, these types of borders celebrate the natural world and highlight the achievements of Nazca dyers. The multiple vibrant colors, produced only through the use of natural substances such as indigo, further emphasizes the natural world’s abundance.

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Credit line
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland
Provenance
Pablo Soldi, Ica, Peru, by June 14, 1956 [incoming receipt RX1914, June 14, 1956; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1956.

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AAT300014063

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