Textile Fragment, 4th–3rd century , Peru, Chavin, Cotton, refined iron earth pigments, H. 5 3/4 x W. 12 1/4in. ( x

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Textile Fragment, 4th–3rd century , Peru, Chavin, Cotton, refined iron earth pigments, H. 5 3/4 x W. 12 1/4in. ( x ), Textiles-Woven, Cloth making began in the Andes at least as early as the third millennium and remained a medium of artistic expression and carrier of important social, political, and religious information for millennia, preceding ceramics by more than a thousand years in Peru

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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