Plaited Sling
Unidentified Nasca (Nazca) maker
200 BCE-600 CE
Wool with brown, red, gold dye
Overall: 114 3/16 × 1 15/16 in. (290 × 5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
43.4.8576
Geography
Place Made: South Coast region, Peru, South America
Period
1-500
Object Name
Personal Gear
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Exhibition History
Oculate Beings and Horrible Birds: Image and Meaning in Ancient Andean Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30, 1999-November 5, 2000, no. 36.
Provenance
John C. Wise (1902-1981) Ltd., New York; sold to present collection, 1943.
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