Fragment

Unknown Maker

Part of mile-long piece (end not reached) brought back by Columbia University expedition; found in Cahuachi hacienda, about 15 miles from town of Nazca which is about 80 miles from Paracas. From cache of cloth to be used inside Paracas mummy bundles. White cotton, bleached (?). Heavy weft: Z-piled cotton (4 slightly s-spun strands). Heavier warp: 2-plied strands (2) of S-plied Z-spun cotton.

before 600 AD

Medium: cotton Technique: warp faced plain weave

1954-106-1

Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020