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Chancay River Valley Peruvian

Loincloth End, 1100-1420

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Chancay River Valley

Title

Loincloth End

Year

1100-1420

Medium

Wool and cotton plain weave alternating with continuous warp patterning

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wool,
  • cotton

Techniques

  • plain weave,
  • supplementary warp patterning

Dimensions

64.8 cm (25 1/2 inches) (length)

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

20.257

About

Rows of geometric birds march across the width of this neatly woven wool and cotton loincloth end. This work, made centuries ago, descends from a long line of Andean weaving traditions that were among the finest and most complex of the ancient world. Makers living in the Chancay Valley in Peru’s Central Coast produced extraordinary weaving and ceramics. A record of Francisco Pizarro’s 1525 expedition, the first European written account of the region, marveled at “elaborately decorated and richly worked” textiles, among other treasures such as gold, silver, emeralds, and amber.

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Projects & Publications

Publications

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Loincloth End with the accession number of 20.257. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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