Nasca Tunic

Woven camelid-hair half tunic (interlocked and dovetailed joins, discontinuous warp and weft, woven

added fringe) Nasca culture

Condition: Mounted – Some repaired and patched holes.

Measures: 60 x 198cm / 1’11.5” x 6’6”

Similar piece illustrated in ‘Ancient Threads/New Directions by Elena Phipps’

Provenance: Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes

South coast of Peru 600-1000 CE

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