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Nasca Sash with Braided Streamers

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Nasca Sash with Braided Streamers
<B>Sash with Braided Streamers</B></I><BR>Nasca<BR>100 B.C. - A.D. 250<BR>Cotton, camelid fibers<BR>Height (band) 7 1/8 in. Length 27 1/4 in.<BR>Width (streamers) 3 1/2 in. Length 85 in.<BR><BR>This rather unusual piece is comprised of a wide band assembled from two narrower bands to form a complex, lozenge-based geometric design. At one end of the large band, two braided streamers over eighty inches long have been interwoven with each component part to make a smooth transition from the patterning of the large band. The color range in browns and related neutrals is especially sophisticated. The condition is very good.<BR><BR>Provenance<BR>Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco: sale 7437E, 9 June 2003, lot 5135, p.35<BR><BR>