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South
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South
America, Nazca or Huari culture (present day Peru)
Third-fifth century ce alpaca and natural dyes (various bound
shibori on scaffold weave)
Each woven shape is defined by selvages on all its edges.
Some of them must have been sewn together and tied and dyed,
then taken apart to be assembled as patchwork.
Three primary natural dye colors were used to create complex
colors. In South America, pre-Columbian shibori examples,
called amarras, are found, although the tradition of making
amarras has been lost. |
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