Band Fragments

Lambayeque North coast, Peru

Date

1000/1476

Medium

Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts, uncut weft loop pile, extended uncut looped and plied weft fringes; embroidered with cotton and wool (camelid) with laid-in couching; and selvage weft loop fringe; three segments joined by overcast couching stitch

Dimensions

a: 41.3 × 10.2 cm (16 1/4 × 4 in.); b: 20.3 × 10.2 cm (8 × 4 in.); c: 11.4 × 8.3 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment