Cloth fragment

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Titolo dell'opera:

Cloth fragment

Acquisizione:

Schmidt y Pizarro 1938 acquisto

Ambito culturale:

Nazca-Huari

Epoca:

VI-X - 501 - 1000

Misure:

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 21.5; Lunghezza: 11

Provenienza (nazione):

Perù

Tecnica:

cotone naturale e fibra camelide, punto ad arazzo

Ultimi prestiti:

Mostra d’Arte Precolombiana e di Etnologia Americana - Castello D'Albertis, Genova - 1972/1977<br>Le mani delle americhe - Laboratorio didattico S. Agostino, Genova - nov-gen. 1995/96

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.