Fragment With Birds
CulturePeruvian
Date200-100 B.C.
MediumWool | embroidery
DimensionsOverall: 6 x 5 5/8 in. (15.2 x 14.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Lillian Malcove
Object number58.50.8
Not on view
DescriptionWool medallion fragment showing a yellow bird with green & black eyes on a red ground. With a small green bird upside down and a black one right side up within the yellow bird. The latter having green eyes. Embroidered in a diagonal stitch on black ground. May be an ornamental tab on end of turban band. Soiled, worn, disintegrating and stiff with age. UV plexiglass covering, 6/80. "Rare".Exhibition History"Ancient Peruvian Textiles from the Chrysler Museum," exhibition circulated by Southern Arts Federation, Atlanta, 1980-81. (Exhib. cat. n.p.). "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.
ca. 600 A.D.
1000-1460
