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Titolo dell'opera:
Fabric fragment
Acquisizione:
Schmidt y Pizarro 1933 acquisto
Ambito culturale:
cultura Nazca, tarda
Object Type:
Fabric fragment
Epoca:
IX - 800 - 900
Misure:
Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 16.1; Larghezza: 13.8
Provenienza (nazione):
Perù
Tecnica:
cotone- punto ad arazzo
Ultimi prestiti:
Mostra d'arte precolombiana e di etnologia americana - Genova/ Castello D'Albertis - 1972/1977<br>Le mani delle Americhe - Genova/ Laboratorio didattico S.Agostino - 1995/96
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Descrizione:
Fragment of rectangular tapestry stitch fabric made up of two pieces with a natural cotton warp and camelid fiber wefts that draw within squares, pairs of stylized two-headed birds which form a stylized face. The squares, colored brown, red/pink, red and green, are arranged in a checkerboard pattern with a diagonal pattern due to the alternation of colors and alternated with checkerboard squares in yellow and brown, red/pink, green or red. Unstitched and stitched detachments. Double-sided fabric. Bouclé stitch embroidery on a selvage.


