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Titolo dell'opera:
Cloth fragment
Acquisizione:
Schmidt y Pizarro 1933 acquisto
Ambito culturale:
Nazca-Huari
Epoca:
VI-X - 501 - 1000
Misure:
Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 23; Lunghezza: 12
Provenienza (nazione):
Perù
Tecnica:
cotone naturale e fibra camelide, punto ad arazzo
Ultimi prestiti:
Le mani delle americhe - Genova, Laboratorio didattico Sant'Agostino - Nov. 1995 - Gen. 1996
Mostra d'arte precolombiana e di etnologia americana - Genova, Castello D'Albertis - 1972-1977
Descrizione:
Rectangular polychrome textile fragment finely worked in tapestry stitch. The warp is made of natural cotton. The cotton and camel fiber wefts draw in the lower part, on a cream ground, rhomboid and cruciform motifs (unku), while in the upper part, on a red ground, a human face is decorated with Greek pattern ears, round eyes, teeth, a well-marked nose and nostrils, circular ear spools, and a scaled headdress. The colors used for the weave are red, pink, green, blue, yellow, pinkish, dark brown, and medium brown. The gaps are not stitched.
