Textile Fragment with Staff Gods

Unidentified Chimú maker

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Late Intermediate Period (1000-1476)

Wool dyed red and tan

Overall: 9 13/16 × 9 1/4 in. (25 × 23.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

43.4.8563

Geography

Place Made: Peru, South America

Period

1000-1400

Object Name

Textile

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Exhibition History

Oculate Beings and Horrible Birds: Image and Meaning in Ancient Andean Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 30, 1999-November 5, 2000, no. 33.

Provenance

John C. Wise (1902-1981) Ltd., New York; sold to present collection, 1943.

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