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Chimu
Late Intermediate
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Peru, Probably North Coast

Medium/Technique Cotton and wool plain weave with spaced warps and wefts
Dimensions 97.2 x 32 cm (38 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Schocken
Accession Number65.613
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionRed, olive-green, and gold-colored wools and white cotton create a design of a stylized anthropomorphic being. Very fragmentary, irregular in shape.
ProvenanceGift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Schocken to MFA, May 12, 1965.