Textile Fragment with Staff Gods
Unidentified Chimú maker
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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