About This Artwork

Lambayeque
Probably north coast, Peru

Panel, A.D. 1000/1476

Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with eccentric and wrapping outlining wefts and supplementary weft loop pile; embroidered with wool (camelid) in couching stitches; finished with extended weft loop fringe
62.6 x 26.7 cm (24 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment, 1955.1765