Collection Online as of July 1, 2022

Mantle or Hanging

1480-1635 (radiocarbon date, 95.4% probability)

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Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200-1460s

Cotton; plain weave, brocaded and complex alternating gauze with 3 or 5 shots of plain weave between gauze shots

Overall: 162.5 x 272 cm (64 x 107 1/16 in.); Mounted: 177.8 x 287 cm (70 x 113 in.)

Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2005.5.1

Location

not on view

Citations

Rowe, Ann Pollard, and John P. O'Neill. Costumes & featherwork of the Lords of Chimor: textiles from Peru's north coast. 1984.

Exhibition history

The Ancient Americas- Art From Sacred Landscapes, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, (October 10, 1992- January 3, 1993); The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, (February- April 18, 1993); The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, (June 6- August 15, 1993).

Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27, 2014-July 27, 2015).