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Chancay · 1000-1476 · Art Institute of Chicago
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The quality and variety of Chancay textiles, which include both woven and painted designs, demonstrate the importance of the medium to this culture. Here, rows of venomous scorpions scurry across wide yellow bands. The Chancay associated these nocturnal arachnids with death, war, and the supernatural, and they may allude to the power of ruling warriors.
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- Maker
- Chancay, Central coast, Peru
- Date
- 1000-1476
- Medium
- Cotton and wool (camelid), bands of weft faced plain weave, and slit tapestry weave with wrapping outlining wefts
- Dimensions
- 41 × 40.3 cm (16 1/8 × 15 7/8 in.)
- Place of origin
- Peru
- Held by
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
- Credit line
- Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
