Band with Tassels
1455–1625 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Band with Tassels, 1455–1625 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200-1460s. Cotton; weft-faced plain weave; overall: 306.8 x 5.4 cm (120 13/16 x 2 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2005.5.5 This garment may have been found with others in the collection that formed a matched set worn by a noble of the Chimú, who rose to power on Peru’s north coast after the year 1000. The Chimú forged an empire that thrived until the 1460s, when the Inka incorporated it into their own imperial domain.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Garment
- Formatted Medium
- cotton; weft-faced plain weave
- Medium
- cotton, weft-faced, plain, weave
- Dimensions
- Overall: 306.8 x 5.4 cm (120 13/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 2005.5.5
- Credit Line
- Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
- Exhibitions
- 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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