About This Artwork
Talismanic TextileLate 19th/early 20th century
Four panels joined: cotton, plain weave; painted; amulets of animal hide and felt attached by knotted strips of leather
255.2 x 178.8 cm (100 1/2 x 70 3/8 in.)
African and Amerindian Purchase Endowment, 2000.326
Textiles
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Instiute of Chicago, Galleriy 142, "The Silk Road and Beyond: Travel, Trade, and Transformation," January 31–April 24, 2007
Publication History
The Art Institute of Chicago. "The Silk Road and Beyond: Travel, Trade, and Transformation" Museum Studies, vol. 33, no. 1 (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2007), pp. 87-88.