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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Tasseled Band With Dancing Figures
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Tasseled Band With Dancing Figures

Artist Unknown
CulturePre-columbian | Chimú (Peru)
Date1250-1460
MediumWool
DimensionsOverall: 18 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (47.6 x 14 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Virginia Morris Pollak
Object number55.53.54A
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DescriptionThis is a peruvian textile made from wool with a band in red and yellow with three sections of tassels interspersing panels of two dancing figures each.

Label TextTasseled Band With Dancing Figures Chimú (Peru), 1250-1460 Wool, 18 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (47.6 x 14 cm) Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Mrs. Virginia Morris Pollak 55.53.54AExhibition History"Ancient Peruvian Textiles from the Chrysler Museum," traveling exhibition circulated to southern museums by Southern Arts Federation, Atlanta, 1980-1981. "Peruvian Textiles," Prints and Drawings Gallery, Chrysler Museum, Oct. 1, 1992 - April 1, 1993. "Game On: Sports in Ancient and Modern Art," Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, July 9 - October 9, 2016.Published ReferencesJudith C. Riley. ANCIENT PERUVIAN TEXTILES. Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum. 05/1980: not paged. Judith C. Riley. "Peruvian Textiles on Exhibit," CHRYSLER MUSEUM BULLETIN. Vol. 10, no. 6. Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum. 06/1980: p. 3, ill.
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