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Textile Fragment with Border1000-1470

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Vertical Pre-Columbian textile with open-weave ivory gauze field patterned with repeating lace-like motifs above a painted border depicting row of frontal figures with outstretched arms and pendant strips

Unknown, Textile Fragment with Border, 1000-1470, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council and Museum Associates Purchase, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Textile Fragment with Border
Culture
Chancay
Place Made
Peru, Central Coast
Date Made
1000-1470
Medium
Camelid fiber and cotton, open weave with embroidery, with attached weft-faced slit tapestry band with sections of weft becoming warp-faced tapestry fringe
Dimensions
34 1/2 x 20 in. (87.63 x 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council and Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number
M.77.70.4
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles