Embroidered funerary mantle, Paracas, from southern coast of Peru, first century CE. Plain weave camelid fiber with stem-stitch embroidery embroidered with camelid wool, 4'7 7/8" X 7'10 7/8". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (William A. Paine Fund).
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Bridge-spouted vessel with flying figures, Nasca, from Nasca River valley, Peru, ca. 50-200 CE. Painted ceramic, approx. 5 1/2" high. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (Kate S. Buckingham Endowment).
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Hummingbird, Nasca Plain, Nasca, Peru, ca. 500 CE. Dark layer of pebbles scraped aside to reveal lighter clay and calcite beneath; 27' wide, 200' wingspan, and 459' length.
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Vessel in the shape of a portrait head, Moche, from north coast Peru, fifth to sixth century CE. Painted clay, 12 1/2" high. Museu Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera, Lima.
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Ear ornament, from a tomb at Sipán, Moche, Peru, ca. 300 CE. Gold and turquoise, approx. 4 4/5". Bruning Archeological Museum, Lambayeque.
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Gateway of the Sun, Tiwanaku, Bolivia, ca. 375-700 CE. Stone, 9'10" high.
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Lima Tapestry (tunic), Wari, from Peru, ca. 500-800 CE. 3'3 3/8" X 2'11 3/8". National Museum of Archeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru, Lima.
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Burial mask, Ipiutak, from Point Hope, Alaska, ca. 100 CE. Ivory, greatest width 9 1/2". American Museum of Natural History, New York.