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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Textile Figure of a Man in a Striped Tunic

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1000–1476
    Medium: 

    Cotton, camelid wool, reed? plain weave, warp stripe weave, wrapping, looping, twisting

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.1
    Culture: 
    Andes, Chancay
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Ceremonial Sling

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1200–1476
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; braiding, cross-knit looping, fringes.

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.3
    Culture: 
    Andes, North or Central Coast culture
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Ceremonial Sling

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1200–1450
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; braiding, cross-knit looping

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.4
    Culture: 
    Andes, Central Coast culture (Chancay?)
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Textile Figure

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1000–1476
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool, reed?; knotting, twisting, wrapping

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.6
    Culture: 
    Andes, Chancay
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Motif from a Mantle or Hanging

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    ca. 1300
    Medium: 

    Cotton, camelid wool; plain weave, embroidery

    Accession Number: 
    2017.40.5
    Culture: 
    Andes, Chancay
    Period: 
    Late Intermediate Period
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Motif from a Mantle or Hanging

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    ca. A.D. 1300
    Medium: 

    Cotton, camelid wool; plain weave, embroidery

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.9
    Culture: 
    Andes, Chancay
    Period: 
    14th century
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Motif from a Mantle or Tunic

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    ca. A.D. 1300
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool; embroidery

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.10
    Culture: 
    Andes, Chancay
    Period: 
    14th century
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Votive figurine

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1300–1450
    Medium: 

    Cotton,. camelid wool? plant fiber? plain weave, cut threads, embroidery

    Accession Number: 
    2017.40.7
    Culture: 
    Andes, Central or South Coast
    Period: 
    Late Intermediate Period
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Votive Fiber Sculpture of an Anaconda

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1000–1476
    Medium: 

    Camelid wool, vegetal or cotton stuffing, looping, embroidery

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.11
    Culture: 
    Andes, Central or South Coast (Ica?)
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Large LLama or Alpaca Eating Grass

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    1000–1476
    Medium: 

    Cotton, camelid wool, vegetal stuffing or wood core; plain weave, embroidery. wrapping, twisting

    Accession Number: 
    2019.1.12
    Culture: 
    Andes, Central coast (Chancay?)
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view

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