Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs
Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs
Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs
Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs
Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs
Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs
Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs
Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs
Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs
Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs
Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs
Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs
Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs
Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs
Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs
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Framed Chimú Textile Panels with Bird Motifs

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A framed group of Chimú textile fragments from the north coast of Peru, Late Intermediate Period, c. 1000–1470 AD. Woven in naturally brown cotton and brocaded with camelid-fiber (alpaca) supplementary wefts in gold, yellow, and red, the panels are patterned with stepped profile birds and diamond-and-hook border bands. Most fragments derive from a single elite garment (a loincloth or tunic panel), with additional bands assembled to complete the display. The maritime bird imagery echoes the stepped-bird friezes of the Chimú capital, Chan Chan.  

Professionally mounted in a clear acrylic (plexi) case frame size: 21 in. W x 24 in. H (53.3 cm W x 61 cm H), plexiglass case

Condition: Ancient fragments stable and well preserved; minor small crack to plexi at lower left; fragments reassembled/mounted for display

Provenance: Mr. Sid Hart, Cos Cob, Connecticut, acquired 1980s–1990s.

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