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Cloth with Procession of Figures, 100 BC-200 (cotton and pigment (field); camelid fiber (borders and...
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XCL5869626
Image title
Cloth with Procession of Figures, 100 BC-200 (cotton and pigment (field); camelid fiber (borders and fringe))
cotton and pigment (field); camelid fiber (borders and fringe)
Date
100 BC - 200 AD (C1st BC - C2nd AD)
Dimensions
69.8x280.7 cms
Image description
Central Andes, South Coast, Nasca people, 100 B.C. - A.D. 700, Early Intermediate Period, 1 - 650
This Nasca cloth is among the most famous surviving Andean textiles and one of the museum's great treasures. On it is painted a procession of figures interpreted as deities or humans impersonating deities. The procession's purpose is not clear, but its sacrificial overtones are. At the far left, a figure touches a human head with its tongue, and severed heads tip the streamers that flow from several other figures. In Nasca art, severed heads seem to symbolize the life force used to promote nature's fertility. Procession, apparently a part of Nasca ceremonial life, perhaps had the same goal. For instance, we suspect that the Nasca lineshuge ground drawings of lines, geometric forms, and animalswere walked by processions during water rites, because the lines are like paths and often relate to nearby rivers. Several of the figures wear feline mouth masks. One figure wears outspread wings, others a tunic (shirt) and either a triangular loincloth or a skirt, all items of male costume. The function of the cloth, a fragment that is incomplete along the upper edge, is unclear.