Textile / cotton / portion

Description

Painted textile fragment of coarse cotton fibre with coloured designs of birds, steps and anthropomorphic beings in four shades of brown-pink, possibly a fake antiquity produced for the tourist market: South America, probably Peru

Museum reference

A.1961.316

Collection

Americas

Object name

Textile / cotton / portion

Production information

Peru, South America

Date

12th - 13th century

Style / Culture

Chimu

Materials

Cotton

Physical description

Coarse cotton fibre