About This Artwork

Lambayeque
Probably north coast, Peru

Fragment, A.D. 1000/1476

Cotton and wool (camelid), slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave with eccentric and wrapping outlining wefts; embroidered with laced running stitches
60.3 x 14 cm (23 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment, 1955.1722