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Nasca

Tassel

A.D. 500/900
Wool (camelid), oblique interlinked and interlaced warp (sprang); crossknit looping over folded unworked warps; sides joined with wool (camelid) in overcast stitch
32.7 × 21.6 cm (12.9 × 8.5 in)

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