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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Tapestry Fragment Depicting Feathers

Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureChancay
Dateca. 1000-1470 CE
MediumCotton
Credit LineEx coll. C. Clay and Virginia Aldridge
Dimensions2 x 3 5/8 in. (5.1 x 9.2 cm)
Object number2002.001.061
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, Textile Rotation, September 2006 - March 2007
Threads 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/42.
"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.
ProvenanceEx coll. Curtice M. Clay Aldridge (1910-2003), Columbus, Georgia.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas