ClassificationsArt of the Americas
Ball of Brown Twine
Place CreatedSouth America
CultureChancay
PeriodLate Intermediate
Dateca. 1000-1470 CE
MediumTwine
Credit LineEx coll. C. Clay and Virginia Aldridge
Dimensions5 in. (12.7 cm)
Object number2002.001.126P
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, Textile Rotation 2, July 1, 2013 - February 3, 2014Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 19 - December 17, 2017
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, September - November 2002.
Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/items/show/75.
"The Best of the Best: Qumpi (Highest-Status Textiles) in Ancient Andean Thought and Practice," Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/exhibits/show/essays/bestofthebest.
"Capturing the Rainbow: Bolivian Textiles from Ancient to Modern Times," Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/exhibits/show/essays/rainbow.
ProvenanceEx coll. Curtice M. Clay Aldridge (1910-2003), Columbus, Georgia.
Status
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- Art of the Americas
ca. 1000-1470 CE
ca. 1000-1470 CE
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