Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Fragment With Curled-Tail Cats

CulturePeruvian | Ica

Date1100-1460

MediumWool | Cotton | tapestry weave

DimensionsOverall: 10 x 11 in. (25.4 x 27.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dr. Lillian Malcove

Object number58.50.17

Not on view

DescriptionFragment of tapestry woven wool weft cotton warp. Tapestry showing bands of hunch-backed, curled-tail cats looking left with approximately the same coloring running diagonally, black & blue, white & black, yellow & tan, yellow & pink, and yellow & white, on a red ground. A dot over a mound separates most of the cats. Selvage on left, cut on the other three edges. Top edge turned over whipped. UV plexiglass covering, 6/1980.

Exhibition History"Ancient Peruvian Textiles from the Chrysler Museum," exhibition circulated by Southern Arts Federation, Atlanta, 1980-81, ill. color. "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.