About the Artwork
Ceremonial Textile
between 300 and 700
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Precolumbian
Nazca huari
Alpaca yarns
Overall: 44 3/4 × 110 3/4 inches (113.7 × 281.3 cm) Mount (mounted): 48 1/2 × 118 1/2 × 1 7/8 inches (123.2 × 301 × 4.8 cm)
Textiles
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hills
77.78
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(by 1971, J. L. Hudson Gallery, dealer, Detroit, Michigan, USA). Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hills
1977-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Textile Masterpieces. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1979, no. 6.
“Family Art Game.” DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit Free Press, May 20, 1979, p. 31 (ill.).
“Family Art Game.” DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit Free Press, April 26, 1981, p. 23 (ill.).
100 Masterworks from the Detroit Institute of Arts. New York, 1985, pp. 80-81 (ill.).
Bulletin of the DIA 57, no. 3 (1979): 114-123.
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Nazca Huari, Precolumbian, Ceremonial Textile, between 300 and 700, alpaca yarns. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hills, 77.78.
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