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Hanging
Chancay (?)
Late Intermediate
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Peru, Central Coast
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave panels sewn together, tie-dyed and painted
Dimensions
142 x 239 cm (55 7/8 x 94 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Textile Income Purchase Fund
Accession Number1970.30
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionHanging made up of three loom widths sewn together. Fine yarns loosely woven in plain weave. Main design painted in thick black lines on a red-brown ground. Design shows square panels, four lengthwise and two and a half on the width. Within each panel is a comosite creature with a fish-like body and tail, human head, and four serpent-like appendages, and other small animals. Tie dyed circles used as fillers in animals and borders.
ProvenanceBy 1968, Andre Emmerich, Inc., New York; 1970, sold by Andre Emmerich to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 14, 1970)
NOTE: Included in the exhibition "Art of Ancient Peru" (Andre Emmerich, Inc., New York, December 7, 1968 - January 9, 1969), cat. no. 46.
NOTE: Included in the exhibition "Art of Ancient Peru" (Andre Emmerich, Inc., New York, December 7, 1968 - January 9, 1969), cat. no. 46.