Band with Tassels

Description

This garment may have been found with others in the collection that formed a matched set worn by a noble of the Chimú, who rose to power on Peru’s north coast after the year 1000.

Provenance

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Band with Tassels

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1455–1625 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)

Accession Number

2005.5.5

Medium

cotton; weft-faced plain weave

Dimensions

Overall: 306.8 x 5.4 cm (120 13/16 x 2 1/8 in.)

Classification

Garment

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund