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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Woven Votive Panel

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    ca 200–50 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; tapestry, plain weave

    Accession Number: 
    2018.22.2
    Culture: 
    Andes, Sihuas culture or Majes Valley
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Band

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    777–379 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; tapestry weave with interlocking wefts at color junctures, crossed-loop edging (reversible)

    Accession Number: 
    2018.22.11
    Culture: 
    Andes, Sihuas culture, Sihuas or Majes Valley
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Offering Cloth

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 100–450?
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; plain weave, supplementary weft or embroidery

    Accession Number: 
    2018.22.15
    Culture: 
    Andes, Sihuas culture, Sihuas or Majes Valley
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Corner to a Mantle

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 126–379
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool, cotton; plain weave, embroidered with closely aligned running stitch (reversible)

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.66
    Culture: 
    Andes, Sihuas culture
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Mantle Tab Border

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 200–400
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; cross-knit looping, fringed

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.85
    Culture: 
    Andes, Early Nasca or Sihuas culture
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Three-Dimensional Tab from a Border

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 200–400
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; cross-knit looping, fringed

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.87
    Culture: 
    Andes, Early Nasca or Sihuas culture
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Three-Dimensional Tab from a Border

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 200–400
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; cross-knit looping, fringed

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.88
    Culture: 
    Andes, Early Nasca or Sihuas culture
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Panel from a Hanging or Ritual Cloth

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 350–550?
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool, cotton; embroidery on plain weave

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.104
    Culture: 
    Andes, Sihuas culture
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Section from a Tunic

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 239–532
    Medium: 

    Cotton, camelid wool; slit tapestry weave

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.105
    Culture: 
    Andes, Sihuas culture
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view