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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
Doublecloth Fragments with Llamas and Herders
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Doublecloth Fragments with Llamas and Herders

Place CreatedSouth America
CultureChancay
PeriodLate Intermediate
Dateca. 1000-1470 CE
MediumCamelid, cotton fiber
Credit LineEx coll. C. Clay and Virginia Aldridge
Object number2002.001.037A/B
Exhibition HistoryThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles. Michael C. Carlos Museum. August 19, 2017 - December 19, 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/102.
"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. Curtice M. Clay Aldridge (1910-2003), Columbus, Georgia.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas
Technical NotesEmory University student Rebecca Levitan and Georgia State University student Arden Davis worked with consulting textile conservator Patricia Ewer to bathe fragments of this textile. The use of a surfactant facilitated the removal of centuries of dirt and grime, making the ancient textile brighter and more flexible. Learn more.