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Hanging (?)
Peruvian, Coastal, Trujillo, Chimu
Late Middle Horizon
A.D. 500–800
Object Place: Peru, North-Central Coast
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave painted
Dimensions
127 x 168 cm (50 x 66 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund
Accession Number47.1092
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragmentary panel, made of two widths sewn together. Coarse cotton, painted in yellow, orange, tan and gray-green. Shows three masks with pairs of curved horns. Interspaces filled with stars, crosses and forms resembling conventionalized centipedes. Border showing a repeated steep wave unit. Two heading cords at each end. Most of selvedges preserved.
Provenance1941/1942, probably acquired in South America by Roland Terry (b. 1917 - d. 2006), Seattle; 1947, sold by Roland Terry to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1947)