Textile
Artist
Unknown
CulturePeruvian
DatePost Classic Period
MediumCotton | Wool
DimensionsOverall: 15 3/8 x 23 3/4 in. (39.1 x 60.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Virginia Morris Pollak
Object number55.53.50
Not on view
DescriptionFragment of a tapestry woven cloth having alternating white and red step design. The reds carrying an ascending bird, 1/2 bird, and two bird heads. Stripes alternate with birds right side up and upside down. Long slits between red and white sewed together. Selvedges good, large hole in white upper left. Another hole in red second row down at right. Irregular strip of five motifs added lower left to complete design. Poorly added. Stained. At least a dozen small holes. 25 sewed slits have come apart. Bottom edge cut. UV plexiglass covering, 6/80.Exhibition History"Ancient Peruvian Textiles from the Chrysler Museum," exhibition circulated to southern museums by Southern Arts Federation, Atlanta, 1980-81. "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.
200-100 B.C.
1000-1460
Post Classic Period
