Loincloth
1425–1500 (radiocarbon date, 92.3% probability)
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Loincloth, 1425–1500 (radiocarbon date, 92.3% probability). Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200-1460s. Cotton; plain weave, brocaded and complex alternating gauze with 5 shots of plain weave between gauze shots; overall: 151.1 x 57.2 cm (59 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.); mounted: 167.6 x 71.1 cm (66 x 28 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2005.5.2 Loincloths were basic men’s wear in ancient Peru. But the extraordinary size of some examples—this one is about eight feet long, unfolded—makes it difficult to know how they were worn, except that they were tied around the waist with the decorated panels hanging at the front and back of the body. The appearance may have been that of a billowing skirt. This loincloth is huge!
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Garment
- Formatted Medium
- cotton; plain weave, brocaded and complex alternating gauze with 5 shots of plain weave between gauze shots
- Dimensions
- Overall: 151.1 x 57.2 cm (59 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.); Mounted: 167.6 x 71.1 cm (66 x 28 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 2005.5.2
- Credit Line
- Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation, Ancient Andean Textiles (Gallery 232 rotation), <em>The Ancient Americas- Art From Sacred Landscapes</em>, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, (October 10, 1992- January 3, 1993); The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, (February- April 18, 1993); The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, (June 6- August 15, 1993).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 232 Andean
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