Peru, Proto-Nasca Sampler with Ten Unfinished Images
This intact sampler from the Cabildo site in the upper section of the Rio Grande de Nasca is described by Alan Sawyer in his book EARLY NASCA NEEDLEWORK, published in 1997. The woven backing cloth is complete, but the embroidered figures are still in progress and include partially finished figures and one red serpent. This textile shows how the Nasca craftsmen painted the imagery on the textile first, then outlined each figure with thread, and finally embroidered the imagery. The finished sampler would be double-embroidered with multiple colors and a lexicon of mythological characters and symbols. The book is an excellent reference for study of the richness and complexity of early Nasca imagery. This is a very rare example, as most are in the permanent collections of major museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Textile Museum in Washington D.C. Ex. collection of Nobuko Kajitani, former chief textile conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, prior to 1975.
Period: Peru, Nasca, Proto Phase, South Coast, c. 100 BC - AD 200
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Width: 32" x Height: 18"
$11,500
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