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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Tassels from Shawl

    Maker: Unknown
    Date: 
    ca. 1950
    Medium: 

    cotton and horsehair

    Accession Number: 
    1958.13.33a
    Culture: 
    Mexico, Chiapas
    Period: 
    Modern
    Classification: 
    Apparel/Costume
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Border

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    ca A.D. 100
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool, cotton; plain weave, stem-stitch embroidery (Color-block style)

    Accession Number: 
    2018.22.29
    Culture: 
    Andes, Early Nasca
    Classification: 
    Apparel/Costume
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Decorative Corner from a Ritual Cloth

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 130–380
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; embroidery on plain weave

    Accession Number: 
    2017.40.42
    Culture: 
    Andes, Sihuas
    Period: 
    Early Intermediate Period
    Classification: 
    Apparel/Costume
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Decorative Corner from a Ritual Cloth

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 130–380
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; embroidery on plain weave

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.106
    Culture: 
    Andes, Sihuas culture
    Classification: 
    Apparel/Costume
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Coca Bag

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 300–600
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; interlocking tapestry weave

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.111
    Culture: 
    Andes, Nasca
    Classification: 
    Apparel/Costume
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Four-Cornered Hat

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 600–1000
    Medium: 

    Cotton, camelid wool; looping (larks-head knotting) with supplementary pile, pieced construction

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.132
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, South Coast, Wari
    Period: 
    Middle Horizon
    Classification: 
    Apparel/Costume
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Fragment from a Tunic

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 800–1000
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool, cotton; supplementary weft, warp patterning

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.141
    Culture: 
    Andes, Wari-related culture (Huarmey Valley? North-Central Coast
    Classification: 
    Apparel/Costume
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Shaped Votive Panel

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1000–1476
    Medium: 

    Cotton; tapestry weave; selvedged on all sides

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.192
    Culture: 
    Andes, Central Coast, Pachacamac-Rimac culture
    Classification: 
    Apparel/Costume
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Tunic Fragment

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 600–1000
    Medium: 

    Cotton and natural dye

    Accession Number: 
    2019.10.2
    Culture: 
    Andes, Southern Highlands, Wari
    Period: 
    Middle Horizon
    Classification: 
    Apparel/Costume
    Status: 
    Not on view