Loincloth Panel

Chancay (Peru, Central coast)

1000-1476

Medium
Cotton and wool (camelid), band of plain weave; center of three-color complementary weft weave; tabs of slit tapestry weave with eccentric wrapping outlining wefts; joined with wool, cross knit loop stitches to twined warp extended weft…
Classification
Costume and Accessories
Dimensions
22.2 × 40.6 cm (8 3/4 × 16 in.)
Culture
Peru
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Textiles
Credit line
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago