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Collections

Mantle or Hanging1250-1350

Not on view
Amber-brown textile panel embroidered with rows of stylized humanoid figures in pink and brown thread, each with horned headdresses, toothy mouths, and spiky body outlines, holding striped staffs

Unknown, Mantle or Hanging, 1250-1350, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Gerard Junior Foundation in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Mantle or Hanging
Culture
Chancay
Place Made
Peru, Central Coast
Date Made
1250-1350
Medium
Camelid fiber and cotton, chain stitch embroidery on plain weave ground and tapestry weave
Dimensions
Textile: 66 × 91 in. (167.64 × 231.14 cm) Frame: 77 1/2 × 99 × 3 3/8 in. (196.85 × 251.46 × 8.57 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Gerard Junior Foundation in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary
Accession Number
M.89.65.2
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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