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Nasca

Tassel

500/900
Wool (camelid), plain weave with complementary patterning warp double cloth; five sections joined; cross-knit looping over folded unworked warps; integrated oblique interlacing border; attached tubular plain weave with supplementary warp-float patterning strap
33.3 × 20 cm (13.1 × 7.9 in)

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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