New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Fragment With Seven Rows Of Birds

Artist Unknown

CulturePeruvian

Date1000-1460

MediumWool | Cotton

DimensionsOverall: 13 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (33.7 x 27.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Virginia Morris Pollak

Object number55.53.45

Not on view

DescriptionWool brocaded textile fragment on natural cotton ground having seven rows (horizontal) of brown birds facing left between a border of waves within solid lines. Top natural margin finished and right hand selvedge remains. Four top rows of birds and bottom two made with thread floating from bird to bird. Third row of birds from bottom has been formed without these floater threads. Irregularly shaped. UV plexiglass covering, 6/80.

Exhibition HistoryUsed on TV for history lesson by Miss Carol Norfleet, 9/24/57. "Ancient Peruvian Textiles from the Chrysler Museum," traveling exhibition circulated to southern museums by Southern Arts Federation, Atlanta, 1980-1981, ill. b/w. "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.