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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Low Bowl

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    900–250 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Dark green stone with incised decoration

    Accession Number: 
    2018.173.12
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, Chavín Culture
    Period: 
    Initial Period to Early Horizon
    Classification: 
    Containers - Stone
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Fragment from a Hanging or Garment

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    800–400 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Cotton; plain weave with oxide dyes (tannin/iron)

    Accession Number: 
    2017.40.1
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, South Coast, Karwa, Chavín Culture
    Period: 
    Early Horizon
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Border of a Staff God Textile

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    800–500 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Cotton, cinnabar, and pigments; plain weave

    Accession Number: 
    2018.22.1
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, South Coast, Karwa, Chavín Culture
    Period: 
    Initial Period to Early Horizon
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Roundel from a Mantle?

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    800–500 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Cotton; plain weave painted with oxide dyes (tannin/iron)

    Accession Number: 
    2018.22.4
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, South Coast, Karwa, Chavín Culture
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Fragment from a Hanging or Garment

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    800–400 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Cotton; plain weave painted with oxide dyes (tannin/iron)

    Accession Number: 
    2017.40.13
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, South Coast, Karwa, Chavín Culture
    Period: 
    Early Horizon
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Circular border from a Hanging or Mantle

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    800–500 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Cotton; plain weave painted with oxide dyes (tannin/iron)

    Accession Number: 
    2018.22.5
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, South Coast, Karwa, Chavín Culture
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Fragment from a Mantle or a Hanging

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    800–500 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Cotton; plain weave painted with oxide dyes, resist-dyeing.

    Accession Number: 
    2018.22.6
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, South Coast, Karwa, Chavín Culture
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Raptorial Bird Pendant

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1000–400 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Incised stone, cinnabar, turquoise and shell inlay

    Accession Number: 
    2017.40.14
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, Chavín Culture
    Period: 
    Late Initial Period to Early Horizon
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Pendant or Votive Object

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    900–500 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Engraved bone, turquoise inlay, cinnabar pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2018.22.7
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, Chavín Culture
    Period: 
    Initial Period to Early Horizon
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view