About This Artwork

Possibly Chancay
Possibly central coast, Peru

Fragment, A.D. 1000/1476

Cotton, slit and single interlocking tapestry weave with eccentric wefts; edged with cotton and wool (camelid), plain weave with extended weft loop fringe
56.5 x 117.8 cm (22 1/4 x 46 3/8 in.)
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment, 1955.1725