New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Fragment

Artist Unknown

CulturePeruvian

Date1100-1460

MediumFabric | Wool

DimensionsOverall: 8 x 7/8 in. (20.3 x 2.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Virginia Morris Pollak

Object number55.53.40B

Not on view

DescriptionTextile fragment of a border (band?) supplementary weft floats with four pairs of designs (red & black, red & yellow, red & natural (2)) on natural wool ground with one selvage. Worn.

Exhibition History"Ancient Peruvian Textiles from the Chrysler Museum," exhibition circulated by Southern Arts Federation, Atlanta, 1980-1981. "Peruvian Textiles," Prints and Drawings Gallery, Chrysler Museum, Oct. 1, 1992 - April 1, 1993. Published ReferencesJudith C. Riley. _Ancient Peruvian Textiles_. Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum. 05/1980: not paged.