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Art of the Ancient Americas
Public domain
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.

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.