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Cushma
Camelid fibre, woven in brilliant saturated colours in gauze
open weave.
This cushma also incorporates complex 'scaffold wefting'
technique.
Nazca, South- coast of Peru
300 BC - 600 AD
Private family collection
86" x 60", 218 cm x 153cm
Similar piece:
Bruecken in die Zunkunft - Textile Kunst vor Kolumbus
pub Sailer Sulzburg 1992, page 50
Published pieces: Textile Art of Peru by Jose Antonio de
Lavalle and Jose
Alejandro Gonzales Garcia, published by LL Editores, Peru,
1989
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