Band
Nasca
400 CE-900 CE
Medium
Sisal, cotton, and wool (camelid), open work of oblique interlaced tapes and slit tapestry weave with wrapping outlining wefts; braided warp fringe
Dimensions
195.6 × 4.1 cm (77 × 1 5/8 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
85019
About the Artist
Nasca
Nasca artists, active from approximately 100 BCE to 800 CE along the arid southern coast of Peru in the Rio Grande de Nazca and Ica Valleys, produced some of the most vibrant and technically innovative art of the ancient Americas. Their work emerged from the Paracas tradition, expanding on earlier resin-painted ceramics and complex textiles while introducing pre-fire slip painting in up to twelve ...