Shawl

Item number Sf847 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Fragment of painted, plain weave cotton. The major motif is a frontal human with crescent shaped headdress. This figure is repeated in diagonally arranged squares. Adjacent diagonally stepped registers contain zigzags. A secondary motif of repeating profile birds occurs in a wide diagonal register between registers with zigzags. The original colours appear to have been red, blue and several shades of brown.

History Of Use

Mantles are found enshrouding the body in mummy bundles. The technical features of the fabric are typical of Chancay (Rowe). The crescent headdress on the frontal figure is a Chimu trait (Rowe). This suggests the fragment dates to the later part of the Late Intermediate Period when the Chimu Empire spread to the central coast.