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1250–1470

Medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), bands of plain weave and plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts
Dimensions: 13.7 × 7.6 cm (5 3/8 × 3 in.)
Genre: Textiles
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanchimúPre-Columbianandeslate intermediate periodTextileweaving

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