Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles
Textile Fragment with Color Anomaly
Title
Textile Fragment with Color Anomaly
Description
Although this piece is also only part of a larger composition, nevertheless it is very revealing. Here the intentional color surprise is the bright pink background for the yellow bird toward the top right corner. No other instance of such a color is found in that row or the other. Such q'iwas exist in many ancient Andean works from 500 AD onward.
Geographic Area
South America, Central Andes, Northern Coast
Culture
Chimú
Date
Late Intermediate Period, ca. 1000-1470 AD
Materials
Cotton, camelid fibers
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
2003.40.14
Photo Credit
Photo by Michael McKelvey