Sleeveless Tunic

12th–15th century

Not on view

Chimú men wore broad tunics, sometimes with a fringe at the bottom, often over elaborate loincloths. This example, made of bright ochre yarns loosely brocaded over a plain cotton ground, was woven in two pieces and joined by a seam in the middle, leaving open a slit for the neck. It appears the weaver ran out of one shade of ochre and completed the garment using yarn from a different dye lot (note the color change on the upper part of the proper right side [the viewer’s left]).

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Title: Sleeveless Tunic
Date: 12th–15th century
Geography: Peru
Culture: Chimú
Medium: Cotton, camelid hair
Dimensions: H. 40 x W. 22 1/4 in. (101.6 x 56.5 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Woven
Credit Line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Object Number: 1979.206.589
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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