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© Bruce M. White, 2013.
Fringed Border with Birds Sharing Tail Feathers
© Bruce M. White, 2013.
© Bruce M. White, 2013.
© Bruce M. White, 2013.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Fringed Border with Birds Sharing Tail Feathers

Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureChancay
PeriodLate Intermediate
Date1000-1470 CE
MediumCamelid fiber, cotton
Credit LineGift of Cindy Karp
Dimensions5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Object number2006.024.001
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, Textile Rotation 2, July 1, 2013 - February 3, 2014
Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 19 - December 17, 2017
Published ReferencesThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/items/show/43.
"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.
"Dialogues in Thread: the Quechua Concepts of Ayni, Ukhu, Tinku, Q'iwa, and Ushay," Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/exhibits/show/essays/dialoguesinthread.
ProvenanceEx coll. Cindy Karp, United States.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas