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Art of the Ancient Americas
Public domain

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Maker: Unknown

Band of plain cloth embroidered

800–100 B.C.

Cotton dyed and woven cloth

109.2 × 6.4 cm (43 × 2 1/2 in.)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
1937.4572
Geography: 
Central Andes, Peru
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Central Andes, Paracas
Period: 
Early Horizon
Classification: 
Textiles
Provenance: 

Bought in Peru by Mrs. Moore, 1932.

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