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Fragment

1250–1532

Medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), bands of plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and weave with paired warps
Dimensions: 7.6 × 11.4 cm (3 × 4 1/2 in.)
Genre: Textiles
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasandeanearly intermediate periodnazcachimúPre-ColumbianandesTextileweaving

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