![]() ![]() The edges of the fabric were destroyed during excavation, and it’s impossible to determine what type of loom was used by studying the weave patterns aloneshowing how little we know about pre-Columbian technology, but also how truly advanced this technology must have been. ![]() The textile’s function is unknownrugs did not come into use in this area until after Spanish colonizationalthough it’s made of the same type of cloth that was used by the Paracas culture to wrap mummy bundles. At twenty-three feet wide and almost two hundred feet long, it is one of the largest handwoven cloths in the Western Hemisphere. ![]() The Great Cloth was discovered buried at Cahuachi, a Nazcan ceremonial center in southern Peru. Since August, she’s been working on an interactive installation at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York as part of the exhibition series “Studio Views: Craft in the Expanded Field,” on view through October 15. Sarah Zapata makes work using time-consuming and labor-intensive processes such as handweaving, rope coiling, latch-hooking, and sewing to produce large-scale works that explore the feminine, the fetishized, and the handmade. ![]()
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