Loincloth Panel

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Maker: Chancay, Peru, Central coast
Date: 1000-1476
Medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), band of plain weave; center of three-color complementary weft weave; tabs of slit tapestry weave with eccentric wrapping outlining wefts; joined with wool, cross knit loop stitches to twined warp extended weft cut fringe
Dimensions: 22.2 × 40.6 cm (8 3/4 × 16 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

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Maker: Chancay, Peru, Central coast
Date: 1000-1476
Medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), band of plain weave; center of three-color complementary weft weave; tabs of slit tapestry weave with eccentric wrapping outlining wefts; joined with wool, cross knit loop stitches to twined warp extended weft cut fringe
Dimensions: 22.2 × 40.6 cm (8 3/4 × 16 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