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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Sling with Patterned Cradle
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Sling with Patterned Cradle

Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureChancay
PeriodLate Intermediate
Dateca. 1000-1470 CE
MediumCamelid fiber, cochineal dye
Credit LineEx coll. C. Clay and Virginia Aldridge
Dimensions4 x 115 1/2 in. (10.2 x 293.4 cm)
Object number2002.001.124
Label Text

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, Textile Rotation, September 13, 2002 - March 2003
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, Textile Rotation, September 14 - December 2011
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/29.
"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