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unknown Peruvian
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Textile Fragment with Geometric Design

Middle Nasca to Middle Horizon
ca. 350 - ca. 1000
Cotton and Camelid fibers

22 x 20 x 1/2 in. (55.9 x 50.8 x 1.3 cm)

Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number: 2000.3.296.e
Other Number(s): 65.2.7 (Previous No.)
Geography: South America, Peru, Andes (South Coast)
Collection: Ward M. Canaday Collection

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This object has the following keywords:
geometric patterns, Peruvian*, textiles*
  • geometric patterns
  • Peruvian - Of or belonging to the nation of Peru or its people.
  • textiles - General term for carpets, fabrics, costume, or other works made of textile materials, which are natural or synthetic fibers created by weaving, felting, knotting, twining, or otherwise processing. For works of art or high craft that employ textile as a medium, prefer "textile art (visual works)."

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Related Bibliography List
The following Related Bibliography exist for this object:
  • Elena Phipps, The Peruvian Four-Selvaged Cloth (Los Angeles, CA: The Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2013), 58-63.
  • Elena Phipps and Ann Peters. Pre-Columbian Textile Conference VII (Lincoln, NE: Zea Books, 2017), 171-173.
  • William J. Conklin, "Structure as Meaning in Andean Textiles." Chungara: Revista de Antropología Chilena 29, no. 1 (1997): 109-131.
  • Penelope Dransart, Textiles, Technical Practice and Power in the Andes (London, England: Archetype Publications, 2013), 220-222.

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Image of Textile Fragment with Geometric Design
Textile Fragment with Geometric Design
2000.3.296.a-d

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<ref name=BMC>cite web |url=http://triarte.brynmawr.edu/objects-1/info/147146 |title=Textile Fragment with Geometric Design |author=Bryn Mawr College Library Special Collections |accessdate=7/4/2022 |publisher=Bryn Mawr College</ref>

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