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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Scaffold-Weave Mantle

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    300 B.C.–A.D. 100
    Medium: 

    Cotton and cameild fiber and natural dyes

    Accession Number: 
    2018.123.3
    Culture: 
    Central Andes, South Coast, Sihuas
    Period: 
    Early Horizon to Early Intemediate Period
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Fragment from a Mantle

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    200–50 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; discontinuous double-interlocking warp and weft

    Accession Number: 
    2017.40.12
    Culture: 
    Andes, Sihuas, Sihuas or Majes Valley
    Period: 
    Early Intermediate Period
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Band or Border

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    250–50 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Camelid fiber, cotton warps; tapestry weave with interlocking wefts at color junctures (reversible)

    Accession Number: 
    2018.22.3
    Culture: 
    Andes, Sihuas
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Band

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 200–450
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool, slit tapestry weave

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.58
    Culture: 
    Andes, Nasca-related, Sihuas
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Fragment

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 500–700
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; slit tapestry weave

    Accession Number: 
    2017.40.11
    Culture: 
    Andes, Nasca-related, Sihuas
    Period: 
    Early Intermediate Period
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Band

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    777–379 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; tapestry weave with interlocking wefts at color junctures, crossed-loop edging (reversible)

    Accession Number: 
    2018.22.11
    Culture: 
    Andes, Sihuas culture, Sihuas or Majes Valley
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Band or Border

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    200–50 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; tapestry weave with interlocking wefts at color juncture, (reversible)

    Accession Number: 
    2017.40.15
    Culture: 
    Andes, Sihuas
    Period: 
    Early Intermediate Period
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Votive Figure

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    200 B.C.–A.D. 100
    Medium: 

    Spun alpaca threads and alpaca fleece wrapped around fiber core; embroidery

    Accession Number: 
    2018.22.12
    Culture: 
    Andes, Sihuas Culture, Sihuas or Majes Valley
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Three dimensional figurine with a Bag

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    200 B.C.–A.D. 100
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; knitting (cross-knit looping)

    Accession Number: 
    2018.22.13a-b
    Culture: 
    Andes, Sihuas Culture, Sihuas or Majes Valley
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Woven Funerary Effigy

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    200–50 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; tapestry, plain weave

    Accession Number: 
    2017.40.17
    Culture: 
    Andes, Sihuas, Sihuas or Majes Valley
    Period: 
    Early Intermediate Period
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view

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