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Art of the Ancient Americas
Public domain

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Maker: Unknown

Chancay textile fragment

1000–1476

Cotton

24.1 × 16.5 cm (9 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)
Gift of Dr. Sidney N. Paly, M.D. 1952
1979.37.215
Geography: 
Central Andes, Peru
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Central Andes, Chancay
Period: 
Late Intermediate Period
Classification: 
Textiles
Provenance: 

Central Coast, Pachacamac area (?)

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