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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Openwork Headcloth Fragment with Bird Designs

Place CreatedPeru, South America

CultureChancay

PeriodLate Intermediate

Dateca. 1000-1470 CE

MediumCotton

Credit LineEx coll. C. Clay and Virginia Aldridge

Dimensions10 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. (27.6 x 17.1 cm)

Object number2002.001.074

Label TextChancay openwork textiles are most often created in plain white cotton; but were also made in colors, such as blue, brown, and gold. This brown piece represents a naturally dark shade of cotton found in ancient Peru. There are undyed mauve, grey-blue, and tan variants as well.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, Textile Rotation, March 2004 - September 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, Americas Organics Rotation 1, March 18, 2020 - March 18, 2022
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, September - November 2002.

ProvenanceEx coll. Curtice M. Clay Aldridge (1910-2003), Columbus, Georgia.

Status

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