Textile Fragment, undetermined Item Number: 34.578 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Size: undetermined. Probable wearer: undetermined. Horizontal cotton warp that is Z-plied and S-spun. Cotton, camelid fiber weft. Tapestry weave with slit juncture and diagonal wefts. The design is of fish and birds. The Textile Museum has a similar fragment.
Credit Line
George C. Brackett Fund
Item History
- Made between 1000 and 1532
What
- Name
- Textile Fragment, undetermined
- Identification Number
- 34.578
- Type of Item
- textile fragment and undetermined
- Material
- cotton and camelid fibre
- Overall
- length 17.9375 in
Who
- Culture
- Chimú
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1000 and 1532
Other
- Classification
- Textile